Linux: zsh Prompt Setup

Add date time and color to zsh prompt.

# user host datetime path $ or #
PROMPT="%F{red}%n@%m %D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S} %d %#%f
"

Put the lines in /Users/xah/.zshrc

Here's what the special character means:

• %n = user.
• %m = host.
• \D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S} = datetime “yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss” format.
• \d = path.
• %# = show $ if root, else show %.