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     export SUDO_PS1="\[$bakred\]\u@\h\[$txtrst\] \w\$ "
 
+The new prompt will take effect beginning in your next session. This usually means logging out completely. To enable it in your current session, you can simply run `source ~/.profile` or `source ~/.bash_profile` (whichever you edited above) in your terminal.
 
 ## Configuring