Message appears after every command completed

Question

I am very new to Linux. Having said this, I had a friend go on my RHEL machine and he somehow added a few random lines in a file, which will post every time I have completed a command. I am not sure what file he added it to, but I'd like to remove these messages, so I don't have to see them any longer, as they appear every stinkin' time I finish a command.

Answer 1

You might want to check the following files for changing or setting of PS1 variable:

• /etc/profile
• ~/.bash_profile
• ~/.bash_login
• ~/.profile
• ~/.bashrc

Here, "~" denotes your home directory, /home/user32350/, for example, or /root/. You may print it out echo echo ~ or quickly change to it by cd without parameters. Please note that the files with names starting with a dot (4 of those listed above) are usually hidden from the list. You will need -a switch added to your ls command to see them (e.g., ls -l -a).