If you want see the clock time on your terminal, $ export PS1="${PS1%\\\$*}"' \t \$ ' :-) Ex: shrinivasan@shrinivasan-laptop:~$ export PS1="${PS1%\\\$*}"' \t \$ ' shrinivasan@shrinivasan-laptop:~ 09:50:27 $ echo "Have a nice day" Have a nice day shrinivasan@shrinivasan-laptop:~ 09:50:52 $ -- Regards, Tha.Suresh http://thasulinux.wordpress.com