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
%% 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 Linux systems, you may also use
%l1 Load average over past minute
%l2 Load average over past 5 minutes
%l3 Load average over past 15 minutes
%l4 Process fraction (processes running / total processes)
%l5 The most recently allocated pid


A nice voipplanet.com article on customizing the Asterisk CLI

• Asterisk variables
• Asterisk CLI

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