first of all i am new at bash, i just heard of it and I want to save my export PS1="............" so next time I login I will see it.

oh yea i have edited the file .fluxbox\menu and made a transparent prompt

(aterm) {aterm -tr}


I just want to know how can i save my PS1

thanks

your PS1 variable is in ~/.bashrc you can change the variable using your favorite editor and the issue a ". bashrc" to load your new config file into the current session.

i don't know what u mean

but i have created a file called .bashrc and add the line export PS1="\e[32;1mPaxmaster>\e[0m\e[31;1m"

it works but i can't save the setting

maybe create a ~/.bash_profile
and reference your ~/.bashrc in it...........

can you post what is in your ~/.bashrc
also if in the terminal session where you changed the PS1 var try issuing a . ~/.bashrc and see if the prompt changes to something other than what you set it to.

What linux and version are you using? In some you have to edit the ~/.profile file - depending on what your shell is set to.

Good luck,

JD

sh-2.05b$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh
I am using a slackware base verison (collegelinux)

sh-2.05b$ cat .bashrc
sh-2.05b$ export PS1="\e[32;1mPaxmaster>\e[31;1m"
this works but when i try to exit from aterm then enter to aterm the setting is gone

sh-2.05$ cat .bash_profile
source ~/.bashrc

I am using fluxbox as my x window

also when i want to beconme su the prompt don't become # it stay like this paxmaster>
how should i know when i am root or when i am a user

I don't know what's wrong with my shell as u can it is a /bin/sh

thanks

Instead of putting the PS1 variable in ~/.bashrc put it in ~/.profile and that may take care of it. Good Luck,

JD

Check out this tutorial, I found it extremely helpful
Prompt Magic

Earlier versions of Linux (7.1 redhat for instance) needed to make PS1 changes in /etc/bashrc - which got executed before the individual file. So you may try it.

HTH

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yea thanks i fix the problem
also how can i put color or add more detail in my aterm toolbar for example to show \w\d

did you read the link I provided? It's really quite helpful!

yea and i printed the pages. it was great quite usefull
the problem was the /etc/bash_profile the program wasn't looking at my home ~/.bashrc nor ~/.bash_profile, it was overriding by home dir

mean while i type the PS1 in my /etc.. and it works, but soon i will write a program that will frist look in the home dir if is has a bashrc it will use that instead in my /etc place thanks guys for the help

the link u provide (statmobile) I got another idea

"\e]2;titlebar\a" but this don't work for me some reason at least my prompt color is working, -

Personally, this is how I setup my prompt:
It dynamically updates the titlebar. I'm not sure if you replaced the text 'titlebar' that you referred to, so I just thought I would give you my prompt code.