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(base) shanmukhcherukumilli@Gavin-s-S23 ~ %

Who or what is "Gavin-s-S23"

Please let me know

waltinator
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Shanmukh Cherukumilli
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    Your machine name. – Alex Aug 30 '23 at 21:47
  • ... see also [What is this random name in my command-line prompt?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/482554/what-is-this-random-name-in-my-command-line-prompt) – steeldriver Aug 30 '23 at 22:07
  • Does this answer your question? [What is this random name in my command-line prompt?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/482554/what-is-this-random-name-in-my-command-line-prompt) – Philip Couling Sep 02 '23 at 07:11

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Your "prompt" (the whole "(base) shanmukhcherukumilli@Gavin-s-S23 ~ %) comes from the $PS1 environment variable, which is usually set in your $HOME/.bashrc.

It is completely controllable by you, read man bash about PROMPTING. Do echo "$PS1"

waltinator
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It's name of the computer. If you never named it that, it probably defaulted to its model number when you installed Linux. Or I'm guessing you're inside of an environment like Anaconda or something judging by the "(base)" part.

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