showing date on command prompt line?

gangsta77 · 03-01-2011, 03:22 PM

ok i need to add the date of the root of the command prompt line, i can get it show to the date for any user

how do i just do it for root? and i added it to the .bash_profile file

export PS1='[`date +%D` \u@\h \W]\$ '

bigrigdriver · 03-01-2011, 04:05 PM

This is my prompt setting from my .bashrc:

Code:

if [ "$UID" -eq "0" ]
then
   PS1="\[\033[31;1m\]\u \d] \\$\w\n \[\033[0m\]"
else
   PS1="\[\033[34;1m\]\u \d] \\$\w\n \[\033[0m\]"
fi

Comment out your PS1 line, and replace it with something like this. Just edit the second PS1 line to remove \d. Then the date will show only in the root users prompt.
This also shows the root prompt in red, and the user in blue.

corp769 · 03-01-2011, 04:11 PM

Just to add to that, have you ever tried out zsh? You can install and configure themes that have a lot more you can do with your prompt. If you want, I can post my .zshrc file later on when I get home from work.

vonbiber · 03-02-2011, 11:15 AM

My prompt shows the current working directory in one line
and the date and time on the second, followed by '$ '
(or #, if on a root console)
The current working directory is shown in white on a green background
The date blue on white, time white on blue, then '$ ' back to normal
(white on black).

Code:

 ~ 
Wed Mar 02 18:13:08$ cat .bashrc 
PS1='\[\033[42m\033[37m\] \w \[\033[0m\]
\[\033[47m\033[34m\]\d \[\033[44m\033[37m\]\t\[\033[0m\]\$ '