Customized Hacker Shell Prompts
infonews
security
Source: Embrace The RedMay 28, 2022
Summary
This article explains how to customize shell prompts (the command-line interface where users type commands) to automatically display date and time information, which helps security professionals document their activities during red team exercises (simulated attacks to test security). The article provides examples for three common shells: Bash, zsh on macOS, and PowerShell.
Classification
Attack SophisticationTrivial
Original source: https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2022/hacker-shell-prompts/
First tracked: February 12, 2026 at 02:20 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%