The command line interface's appearance in FC3

benjithegreat98 · 11-11-2004, 12:50 PM

I am a command line junkie. I use it for just about every thing. But the default command line on FC3 sucks. When you open up a terminal screen or remotely log in you get this:

-bash-3.00$

When you log in as root you get the older version:

-bash-3.00$ su
Password:
[root@fedora benji]

How can I get my command line to look like [root@fedora benji] when I am logged in as both 'root' and 'benji' ?

growler · 11-12-2004, 03:11 AM

Put this in your .bashrc file:

Code:

# create a nice prompt
case $TERM in
    xterm*|screen|linux|cygwin|rxvt*)
      PS1='[\u@\h \[\e[36;1m\]\W\[\e[0m\]]\$ '
      ;;
    *)
      PS1='\s\v\$ '
      ;;
esac

The key variable is PS1; you'll find lots of different PS1 prompts through google. Also, you could put it in .bash_profile, or /etc/bashrc if you want the new prompt to appear by default for everyone.

benjithegreat98 · 11-12-2004, 10:49 AM

Excellent!! Your contribution has been much appreciated.

benjithegreat98 · 11-12-2004, 05:56 PM

Ok. I eventually found more of what I was looking for. I'll share:

In my home directory I created a .bashrc file w/ the contents of

Code:

# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

I also created a file named .bash_profile

Code:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

growler · 11-13-2004, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by benjithegreat98
Excellent!! Your contribution has been much appreciated.

Great, glad that helped!