@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ heuristics for the best match.

 How many lines of items to display. If unspecified, defaults to 10 lines.

 .

 .TP

+.BR \-p ", " \-\-prompt =\fIPROMPT\fR

+Input prompt (default: '> ')

+.

+.TP

 .BR \-s ", " \-\-show-scores

 Show the scores for each item.

 .

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ int flag_show_scores = 0;

 size_t num_lines = 10;

 size_t scrolloff = 1;

+const char *prompt = "> ";

+

 void read_choices(choices_t *c){

 	char *line = NULL;

 	size_t len = 0;

@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ void draw(tty_t *tty, choices_t *choices){

 			start = choices_available(choices) - num_lines;

 		}

 	}

-	const char *prompt = "> ";

 	tty_setcol(tty, 0);

 	tty_printf(tty, "%s%s", prompt, search);

 	tty_clearline(tty);

@@ -177,11 +178,12 @@ void run(tty_t *tty, choices_t *choices){

 static const char *usage_str = ""

 "Usage: fzy [OPTION]...\n"

 " -l, --lines=LINES        Specify how many lines of results to show (default 10)\n"

-" -e, --show-matches=QUERY output the sorted matches of QUERY\n"

+" -p, --prompt=PROMPT      Input prompt (default '> ')\n"

+" -e, --show-matches=QUERY Output the sorted matches of QUERY\n"

 " -t, --tty=TTY            Specify file to use as TTY device (default /dev/tty)\n"

-" -s, --show-scores        show the scores of each match\n"

-" -h, --help     display this help and exit\n"

-" -v, --version  output version information and exit\n";

+" -s, --show-scores        Show the scores of each match\n"

+" -h, --help     Display this help and exit\n"

+" -v, --version  Output version information and exit\n";

 void usage(const char *argv0){

 	fprintf(stderr, usage_str, argv0);

@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ static struct option longopts[] = {

 	{ "show-matches", required_argument, NULL, 'e' },

 	{ "lines", required_argument, NULL, 'l' },

 	{ "tty", required_argument, NULL, 't' },

+	{ "prompt", required_argument, NULL, 'p' },

 	{ "show-scores", no_argument, NULL, 's' },

 	{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },

 	{ "benchmark", no_argument, NULL, 'b' },

@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 	char *initial_query = NULL;

 	char *tty_filename = "/dev/tty";

 	char c;

-	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhse:l:t:", longopts, NULL)) != -1){

+	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "vhse:l:t:p:", longopts, NULL)) != -1){

 		switch(c){

 			case 'v':

 				printf("%s " VERSION " (c) 2014 John Hawthorn\n", argv[0]);

@@ -220,6 +223,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

 			case 't':

 				tty_filename = optarg;

 				break;

+			case 'p':

+				prompt = optarg;

+				break;

 			case 'l':

 				{

 					int l;