7.2.4.2. Some examples
In order to understand these prompts and the escape sequences
used, we refer to the Bash Info or
man pages.
-
export PS1="[\t \j]
"
Displays time of day and number of running jobs
-
export PS1="[\d][\u@\h \w] :
"
Displays date, user name, host name and current working
directory. Note that \W displays only base names of the present
working directory.
-
export PS1="{\!}
"
Displays history number for each command.
-
export PS1="\[\033[1;35m\]\u@\h\[\033[0m\]
"
Displays user@host in pink.
-
export PS1="\[\033[1;35m\]\u\[\033[0m\]
\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0m\] "
Sets the user name in pink and the present working directory in
blue.
-
export PS1="\[\033[1;44m\]$USER
is in \w\[\033[0m\] "
Prompt for people who have difficulties seeing the difference
between the prompt and what they type.
-
export PS1="\[\033[4;34m\]\u@\h
\w \[\033[0m\]"
Underlined prompt.
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export PS1="\[\033[7;34m\]\u@\h
\w \[\033[0m\] "
White characters on a blue background.
-
export PS1="\[\033[3;35m\]\u@\h
\w \[\033[0m\]\a"
Pink prompt in a lighter font that alerts you when your commands
have finished.
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export PS1=...
Variables are exported so the subsequently executed commands
will also know about the environment. The prompt configuration line
that you want is best put in your shell configuration file,
~/.bashrc.
If you want, prompts can execute shell scripts and behave
different under different conditions. You can even have the prompt
play a tune every time you issue a command, although this gets
boring pretty soon. More information can be found in the
Bash-Prompt HOWTO.
