Changing the CLI Prompt

The CLI prompt is set with the ASTERISK_PROMPT UNIX environment variable that you set from the Unix shell before starting Asterisk

You may include the following variables, that will be replaced by the current value by Asterisk:

  • %d - Date (year-month-date)
  • %s - Asterisk system name (from asterisk.conf)
  • %h - Full hostname
  • %H - Short hostname
  • %t - Time
  • %u - Username
  • %g - Groupname
  • %% - Percent sign
  • %# - '#' if Asterisk is run in console mode, '' if running as remote console
  • %Cn[;n] - Change terminal foreground (and optional background) color to specified A full list of colors may be found in include/asterisk/term.h

On systems which implement getloadavg(3), you may also use:

  • %l1 - Load average over past minute
  • %l2 - Load average over past 5 minutes
  • %l3 - Load average over past 15 minutes