Before customizing the console, we need to know the current (default) global settings that are being applied to the console:
- This can be done using the show options command when Metasploit Framework starts:
- We can change the prompt (the msf text) from these settings. To change the prompt and prompt character, we can execute the set Prompt and set PromptChar commands:
- We can even use some extended formats to configure more advanced prompts, as follows:
The following are the extended formats that can be used:
| Literal | Description |
| %D | Current directory |
| %U | Current user |
| %W | Current workspace |
| %T | Current timestamp |
| %J | Current number of jobs running |
| %S | Current number of opened sessions |
| %L | Local IP |
| %H | Hostname |
| %red | Set the color to RED |
| %grn | Set the color to GREEN |
| %yel | Set the color to YELLOW |
| %blu | Set the color to BLUE |
| %mag | Set the color to MAGENTA |
| %cya | Set the color to CYAN |
| %whi | Set the color to WHITE |
| %blk | Set the color to BLACK |
| %und | Underline |
| %bld | Bold |
The same formats can be used to set up prompt characters as well.