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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.1
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands set prompt
set prompt
To change the prompt for the CLI, use the set prompt command.
set prompt prompt_string
Syntax Description
Defaults The default is the prompt is set to Console>.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines If you use the set system name command to assign a name to the switch, the switc h name is use d as th e
prompt string. However, if you specify a different prompt string using the set prompt command, that
string is used for the prompt.
Examples This example shows how to set the prompt to system100>:
Console> (enable) set prompt system100>
system100> (enable)
Related Commands se t syste m na me
prompt_string String to use as the command prompt.