I am using the bash terminal in VS Code, I am new to coding, and the terminal displays very differently, how do I get them to match?

Question

here is what it looks like on the course

Here is what it looks like for me

How do I get it to not show the line "dayne@DESKTOP-323EO95 MINGW64 ~"?

Also, it would help if I could get an explanation as to why it displays this way. Thanks.

I tried looking through the settings on VSCode, and on the bash terminal settings, but couldn't find it. I could be easily just missing it though.

I also searched the internet for solutions, but couldn't find any, since I'm not really sure on the terminology I need to use to find my problem.

Answer 1

You are probably using an sh terminal.

The sh shell typically presents a minimalist prompt, containing only the $ symbol, while bash often displays additional information such as the current username and working directory in its default prompt, making it appear more complex.

To get it to not show the line "dayne@DESKTOP-323EO95 MINGW64 ~", you could change the default terminal in VS Code.