Why I can't change the prompt in VSCode's terminal?

Question

I am trying to change the prompt in my VSCode's terminal.

My OS is MacOS Monterey 12.6.

I use the zsh and I change the PS1 in .zprofile,such like this.

Then I use echo to test.The others can work except PS1.

How to change the prompt?Is there any simple way?

Answer 1

The default shell in MacOS is usually zsh, but it could also be bash. In your case, it appears to be zshrc:

For zshrc:

vim ~/.zshrc

Modify the prompt:

export PROMPT='%F{blue}%n%f@%F{green}%m%f %F{yellow}%1~%f %# '

Enable the change:

source ~/.zshrc 

But, if you have bash, edit .bash_profile or .bashrc in your home directory:

vim ~/.bash_profile

Or

vim ~/.bashrc

Modify the prompt:

export PS1='\u@\h \w \$ '

Apply the change:

source ~/.bash_profile

or

source ~/.bashrc

That should do it!