I would like to learn how to make my shell look like this:
[user@host ~/Folder] $ instead of (the default):
[user@host ~/Folder]$. Also, I'd like to have color on user@host and Folder. How can I do this?
Note: This prompt is my model.
- Why am I getting negative votes?Eric Aldana– Eric Aldana2014-01-05 03:11:51 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 3:11
- 1Because if you searched this site you'd find your answer. unix.stackexchange.com/questions/35777/…slm– slm ♦2014-01-05 03:57:49 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 3:57
- @slm The question you link does not explicitly ask for the colored output.Bernhard– Bernhard2014-01-05 09:37:51 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 9:37
- In fact if you searched google you would find an answer. Try "How do I change bash prompt" and read any of the results. This answer is also useful.terdon– terdon ♦2014-01-05 09:51:11 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 9:51
- @Bernhard - my point still stands, search this site, prompts is pretty well covered.slm– slm ♦2014-01-05 13:03:37 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 13:03
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Here's a script that I personally use:
### ### Set the prompting to my liking ### # Save the old prompt OLD_PS1="$PS1" # Put the "non-printing" characters between \[ and \] for the prompt so # that the shell can properly determine the length of the prompt. if [ -z "$TERM" ] || [ "$TERM" = "dumb" ] then BOLD="" NORM="" BLUE="" BLACK="" RED="" else BOLD="\\[$(tput bold)\\]" NORM="\\[$(tput sgr0)\\]" BLUE="\\[$(tput setf 1)\\]" BLACK="\\[$(tput setf 0)\\]" RED="\\[$(tput setf 4)\\]" fi PS1="$NORM"'\n'"$BOLD"'\w'"$NORM"'\n'"$BLUE"'\u@\h, $?>'"$NORM"' ' # For use with set_prompt_comment: BASE_PS1="$PS1" ## ## ## set_prompt_comment () { typeset comments if [ -z "$BASE_PS1" ] then echo "Need BASE_PS1 to be defined to proceed!" >&2 else comments="$*" if [ -z "$comments" ] then PS1="$BASE_PS1" else PS1="\\n${RED}${comments}${BASE_PS1}" fi fi } Working with this, the following may give what you want:
PS1="[${RED}user@host${NORM} ${BLUE}~/Folder${NORM}]\\n$ " 
- Testing this on a mac, I needed to change
setftosetaf.ash– ash2014-01-05 05:01:57 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 5:01