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> Hello from Gregg C Levine normally with Jedi Knight Computers
> Would one of you kind people out there, please offer a suggestion or
> three, about how to configure the bash shell so that it does not
> display its version? I am at a loss here, examining the man page did
> not return a clew. (Signature in compliance with NetBSD lists
> requests.)


To have the hostname (up to the first .) and current working directory
in your prompt put

   export PS1='\h:\w #'

in your .profile.

There are many other options (eg. time of day).  Have a look at the
bash info documentation with the `info' reader.  Do

	$ info bash bash printing


Jason