[PLUG] Directory path in the bash prompt?
Jason Dagit
dagit at engr.orst.edu
Wed Jul 17 19:08:53 UTC 2002
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
> > Here's a nice prompt that I use in my ~/.bashrc
> >
> > COLOR1="\[\033[1;35m\]"
> > COLOR2="\[\033[1;36m\]"
> > COLOR3="\[\033[1;32m\]"
> > COLOR4="\[\033[0m\]"
> > PS1="[$COLOR2\u$COLOR4@$COLOR1\h $COLOR3\w$COLOR4]\\$ "
This would be a nice simple prompt, but I can't resist adding two more
features.
PS1="[\@][$COLOR2\u$COLOR4@$COLOR1\h $COLOR3\w$COLOR4]\n\$ "
The \@ will put the time in the prompt (only updates when you hit enter,
but still nice), and \n at the end will put the cursor on a newline so
that it is always in the same colomn on the screen.
There is of course a howto for the bash prompt. I would recommend it,
because there are quite a few color choices.
And if you want to test a prompt there are to ways to do that. One is to:
$ export PS1="your new prompt "
or you can edit your ~/.bashrc or whatever file the prompt is in and then
type:
$ source ~/.bashrc
(But don't type the $, that just means do it at a prompt...)
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/
HTH
Jason
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