Default Prompt on MacOS is now %, not $#1877
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into an include. This will allow us to re-use it earlier, in the installation instructions (where attendees are often confused about how the prompt works)
Prevent people from being confused by the the prompt, and eg copy-pasting $s into the terminal.
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AFAIR, that change in the prompt sign is due to MacOS having changed from Bash as the default shell to zsh. I wonder whether any other parts of the tutorial need updating due to that.
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| The part up to and including the `$` or the `>` is called the *command line prompt*, or *prompt* for short. It prompts you to input something there. |
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Should % be mentioned here, too?
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| The part up to and including the `$` or the `>` is called the *command line prompt*, or *prompt* for short. It prompts you to input something there. | |
| The part up to and including the `$`, the `>` or the `%` is called the *command line prompt*, or *prompt* for short. It prompts you to input something there. |
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Update prompt section to reflect that zsh on mac now defaults to %
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