diff --git "a/rc/bin/\"" "b/rc/bin/\""
index 56bdaba77..557bedafa 100755
--- "a/rc/bin/\""
+++ "b/rc/bin/\""
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rfork en
 if(test -r /mnt/acme/acme/body)
 	bind /mnt/acme/acme/body /dev/text
 
-PROMPT='[^ 	]*%[ 	]+'
+PROMPT='[^ 	]'*'(%|;)[ 	]+'
 
 fn cmds {
 	grep '^'$PROMPT'[^"]' /dev/text | sed 's/^/	/'
diff --git "a/rc/bin/\"\"" "b/rc/bin/\"\""
index 0db19cde5..99d88d79b 100755
--- "a/rc/bin/\"\""
+++ "b/rc/bin/\"\""
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/rc
 
-PROMPT='[^ 	]*%+[ 	]+'
+PROMPT='[^ 	]*(%|;)+[ 	]+'
 
 _x = `{" $* | tail -1}
 if(~ $#_x 0) {