Command Prompt
The command shortcode generates terminal output for either Bash, PowerShell, or SQL shell languages.
The command shortcode generates terminal output for either bash, powershell, or sql shell languages. The following example generates a block with a default bash command prompt.
export MY_VAR=123{{< command >}}
export MY_VAR=123
{{< /command >}}The shortcode supports the following arguments:
| Argument | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| user | No | Optional user to add to the prompt, e.g. “user”. |
| host | No | Optional host to add to the prompt, e.g. “localhost”. |
| prompt | No | Optional prompt override, e.g. “PS C:\Users\User>”. |
| shell | No | Type of shell, either “bash” (default), “powershell”, or “sql”. |
| class | No | Optional class attribute of the command element. |
Change the style and language of your command prompt with shortcode arguments.
Specify user and host to add the user context to the prompt. In addition, use (out) to specify an output line and use \ to denote a line continuation.
export MY_VAR=123
echo "hello"
hello
echo one \
two \
three
one two three
echo "goodbye"
goodbye{{< command user="user" host="localhost" >}}
export MY_VAR=123
echo "hello"
(out)hello
echo one \
two \
three
(out)one two three
echo "goodbye"
(out)goodbye
{{< /command >}}Set the shell argument to powershell to generate a PowerShell terminal. Override the prompt to add a directory if needed. Use the backtick ` symbol to denote a line continuation.
Write-Host `
'Hello' `
'from' `
'PowerShell!'
Hello from PowerShell!
Write-Host 'Goodbye from PowerShell!'
Goodbye from PowerShell!{{< command prompt="PS C:\Users\User>" shell="powershell" >}}
Write-Host `
'Hello' `
'from' `
'PowerShell!'
(out)Hello from PowerShell!
Write-Host 'Goodbye from PowerShell!'
(out)Goodbye from PowerShell!
{{< /command >}}Set the shell argument to sql to generate a SQL terminal. Use the (con) suffix to denote a line continuation.
set @my_var = 'foo';
set @my_other_var = 'bar';
CREATE TABLE people (
first_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
last_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec)
insert into people
values ('John', 'Doe');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
select *
from people
order by last_name;
+------------+-----------+
| first_name | last_name |
+------------+-----------+
| John | Doe |
+------------+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec){{< command prompt="mysql>" shell="sql" >}}
set @my_var = 'foo';
set @my_other_var = 'bar';
CREATE TABLE people ((con)
first_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,(con)
last_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL(con)
);
(out)Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec)
insert into people(con)
values ('John', 'Doe');
(out)Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
select *(con)
from people(con)
order by last_name;
(out)+------------+-----------+
(out)| first_name | last_name |
(out)+------------+-----------+
(out)| John | Doe |
(out)+------------+-----------+
(out)1 row in set (0.00 sec)
{{< /command >}}