LQ Poll: What is your favorite Linux Prompt?

igadoter · 04-02-2021, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefMike

Termux — Bash with a full width dollar sign U+FF04
I like a little bit of space after the ＄... verses a normal $...
and a record of how long the last command took to finish ��
17:53:14 /~/files/home
﹩echo $PS1
\n\e[00;34m\]\t\e[00;32m\] /~/`(pwd|tail -c+23)`\e[00m \n﹩

Little funny

Code:

% pwd | tail
/media/piotr/5FB77A1F7EDC9AFB
% pwd | tail -c+23
EDC9AFB

from man tail

Quote:

-c, --bytes=[+]NUM
output the last NUM bytes; or use -c +NUM to output starting
with byte NUM of each file

rhamel · 04-02-2021, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

I like Green on Black background.

To be pendantic, if one is at either of the poles, there is no west, or am I wrong again?

And certainly, in the summer above the Artic Circle, the sun may not set at all for about a month, or so I've heard, which I find fascinating, being a confirmed dweller of the Tropics myself.

So, perhaps, truth, like opinion, depends on perspective, again?

And, yes, I also prefer Green on Black background. Many years staring at a Wyse50 terminal.

igadoter · 04-02-2021, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhamel

That certainly is an interesting idea. How do you capture the time the previous command took to run?

To my knowledge one needs start process with command

Code:

% time pwd
/media/piotr/5FB77A1F7EDC9AFB

real	0m0.000s
user	0m0.000s
sys	0m0.000s

bash builtin - have a look at

Code:

% help
....

Edit: last command is

Code:

% echo $_

demetalgimp · 04-02-2021, 07:52 AM

Like many, I like path and maybe server name. But, some paths are excessively long, so a smart ellipsis to cut the path in half would be nice.

JWJones · 04-02-2021, 08:04 AM

Nothing fancy:

Code:

\u@\h:\w\$

woody weaver · 04-02-2021, 08:35 AM

Yes, partly its the Wyse terminals (had one of those amber ones too, hated it) but mostly because its just easier to read.

I will often have a dozen terminals open, and its sometimes helpful to remember when the command ran, so

\D{%F %T} [\u@\h:\w]\$

Cuetzpallin · 04-02-2021, 08:43 AM

I was so acustomed to this one at home:

Code:

-> $

but after years working on several legacy hosts, VM's and now containers

I moved to this one:

Code:

echo $PS1
\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n\$

which result in a colored one:

Code:

cuetz@Kalli ~
$

Cuetzpallin · 04-02-2021, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhamel

That is so interesting. Do you have a screenshot? What do you mean by the "right part of the line"?

I also use the return code of the previous command in my root prompt, but never thought of displaying the previous command that failed.

Is such a thing even possible under bash, I wonder?

I just read that you can configure using something like oh my bash or oh my zsh it dependes which is your flavor.

I'll give it a try too

tombnyg1 · 04-02-2021, 09:28 AM

Root@
Feel the power

s.verma · 04-02-2021, 09:35 AM

>

Simple.

Elvis1357 · 04-02-2021, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremy

The official LQ poll series continues. This time we want to know: What is your favorite Linux Prompt?

--jeremy

Only 3 weeks at it....still learning and finding new stuff everyday!

The Squash · 04-02-2021, 02:23 PM

Most of the time, my distribution's default colored bash prompt. When I am dealing with long pathnames, I set my prompt to:

Code:

PS1="\W $ "

NGC_7492 · 04-02-2021, 05:35 PM

if [ $UID = 0 ]; then
PS1='Sirius \w# '
else
PS1="Sirius \w "
fi

zepherusbane · 04-02-2021, 10:48 PM

I use Starship to generate my prompt.

I like that I can use the same configuration on multiple machines even ones using different shells. My Linux box uses fish shell for example, while I use bash on my mac. Same prompt using same Starship.toml config file.

https://starship.rs/

PaulvSchaik · 04-03-2021, 01:45 AM

Using a fancy zsh theme with this script:

Quote:

local return_code="%(?..%{$fg[red]%}%? ↵%{$reset_color%})"

if [[ $UID -eq 0 ]]; then
local user_host='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[red]%}%n@%m %{$reset_color%}'
local user_symbol='#'
else
local user_host='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[green]%}%n@%m %{$reset_color%}'
local user_symbol='$'
fi

local current_dir='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[blue]%}%~ %{$reset_color%}'
local git_branch='$(git_prompt_info)'
local rvm_ruby='$(ruby_prompt_info)'
local venv_prompt='$(virtualenv_prompt_info)'

ZSH_THEME_RVM_PROMPT_OPTIONS="i v g"

PROMPT="╭─${user_host}${current_dir}${rvm_ruby}${git_branch}${venv_prompt}
╰─%B${user_symbol}%b "
RPROMPT="%B${return_code}%b"

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[yellow]%}‹"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="› %{$reset_color%}"

ZSH_THEME_RUBY_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[red]%}‹"
ZSH_THEME_RUBY_PROMPT_SUFFIX="› %{$reset_color%}"

ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[green]%}‹"
ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX="› %{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_PREFIX=$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX
ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_SUFFIX=$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX

It result is a 2 line colorful prompt with user, location and GIT info.