About the CLI Prompt
The appearance of the CLI prompt lets you know that the CLI is ready to accept a command. This prompt lists the current focus, and then displays a greater-than symbol (>) and a blank space. The current focus is the processes and threads to which the next command applies. Here are some examples:
d1.<>
The current focus is the default focus set for each command, which is first user thread in process 1.
g2.3>
The current focus is process 2, thread 3; commands act on the entire group.
t1.7>
The current focus is thread 7 of process 1.
gW3.>
The current focus is all worker threads in the control group that contains process 3.
p3/3
The current focus is all processes in process 3, group 3.
You can change the prompt’s appearance by using the
dset command to set the
PROMPT state variable; for example:
dset PROMPT "Kill this bug! > "
