A prompt may refer to any of the following:

  1. A prompt is text or symbols used to represent the system’s readiness to perform the next command. A prompt may also be a text representation of where the user is currently. For example, an MS-DOS prompt or Windows command prompt may look like the example below.

C:\Windows>

This prompt indicates the user is currently in the windows directory on the C drive and the computer is ready to accept commands.

  1. A prompt may also refer to a message or window that appears, alerting the user or asking for a confirmation. Below is a basic example of this prompt asking if the user wants to continue. Pressing Y or typing Yes would continue performing the action.
  • To change how the prompt is formatted in MS-DOS, use the prompt command.
  • How to get to an MS-DOS prompt or Windows command line.
  • How to change the prompt.
  • How to use the Windows command line (DOS).

Are you sure you want to continue? (Yes/No)

Using JavaScript, you can enter anything into the below box and click the Prompt button to create a prompt with that text in your browser window.

  1. In an FTP session, prompt is a command that enables and disables the FTP prompt. See the following link for information about prompt and other FTP commands.

Command prompt, Operating system terms, Option, Prompt engineering

  • How to use FTP from a command line.