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Old 03-08-2004, 09:00 PM   #1
sunshine
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Question customizing bash prompt?


I'm trying to customize my bash prompt for konsole/kterm. This is the the coding for the way I want it:

PS1="\e[32;1m\]\u@\H \W#\[\e[0m\]"

For some reason when I close the session it doesn't come up this way. Whats wrong...
here is a copy of my .bash_profile and .bashrc files from my home dir.

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My .bash_profile:
==============================================
source ~/.bashrc
# .bash_profile

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

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME

==============================================
My .bashrc file:
==============================================
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

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

if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]
then
#we're on the system console or maybe telnetting in
export PS1="\e[32;1m\]\u@\H \W#\[\e[0m\]"
else
#we're not on the console, assume an xterm
export PS1="\e[32;1m\]\u@\H \W#\[\e[0m\]"
fi
==============================================

Whats wrong here?
 
Old 03-08-2004, 09:18 PM   #2
sunshine
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I have it, just needed to put this at the end of the .bash_profile -rather than the middle.

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
 
  


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