Make the terminal show me where i am

AriciU · 07-07-2007, 04:37 PM

I'm using the xfce terminal. The default output is this:

Quote:

bash-3.1#

How can i modify that so it'll show me where i am in the file structure? Instead of bash-3.1 to show /home/directory_where_i_am ?

reddazz · 07-07-2007, 04:42 PM

On most distros, you can do

Code:

#cp /etc/skel/.bash* /home/someuser/.
#chown someuser:somegroup /home/someuser/.bash*

erklaerbaer · 07-07-2007, 04:54 PM

not on this one

maybe http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/bash_startup.htm is interesting for you.
alternatively you could make your terminal a login shell ( -ln ,-ls or something )

dive · 07-07-2007, 05:08 PM

I think this is what you are after:

PS1="\u@\h \w "

You just need to put that command somewhere that will be read when you open a terminal - ~/.bashrc whould do it.

Nylex · 07-07-2007, 05:17 PM

You need to export the variable as well, don't you? It should be

export PS1="..."

AriciU · 07-07-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dive

I think this is what you are after:

PS1="\u@\h \w "

You just need to put that command somewhere that will be read when you open a terminal - ~/.bashrc whould do it.

Thanks! Worked great

Also. Any idea how to make the terminal use the classic linux colours? I mean show the directories in green just like in the original console... so you know witch is a directory, witch is a file, etc...... In Gnome-terminal there was an option but in xfce terminal nothing like that at all.

EDIT: found it... "run command as login shell". Nice colours now :>

Nylex · 07-07-2007, 06:00 PM

Run "dircolors".

spiffytech · 07-07-2007, 07:58 PM

I'm having trouble customizing my terminal in Slackware 12. I've copied my .bashrc from my Kubuntu installation to my home directory, and my /root/ directory. However, neither my custom prompt nor my aliases are activated upon login. I've checked the file's permissions and done a quick google search, but didn't find anything useful. What could be going wrong?

icmp_request · 07-07-2007, 08:07 PM

spiffytech, do you have also .bash_profile or .profile on your home dir? If not, Try making a ~/.profile file with the following content:

# Begin ~/.profile

if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ] ; then
source $HOME/.bashrc
fi

# End ~/.profile

"If there is a ~/.bashrc file then source it" . When you are inside an interactive login shell, e.g. tty1-6 by default .bashrc is not sourced, but you can override it doing this.

spiffytech · 07-07-2007, 10:28 PM

The bash_profile did it. Thanks!

icmp_request · 07-07-2007, 10:55 PM

No problem! If you want more information about bash login files check bash manual:

bash# man bash

onebuck · 07-08-2007, 09:11 AM

Hi,

A sample of a .bashrc;

Code:

odin:~# cat .bashrc

#.bashrc
#08-30-06 12:20 gws copied loki:/root

# Add bin to path
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"

# Dynamic resizing
shopt -s checkwinsize

# Custom prompt
#PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

#08-29-06 11:40 gws

if [ `id -un` = root ]; then
   PS1='\[\033[1;31m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
 else
   PS1='\[\033[1;32m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
fi
#
# Add color
eval `dircolors -b`

# User defined aliases
alias cls='clear'
alias clls='clear; ls'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsa='ls -A'
alias lsg='ls | grep'
alias lsp='ls -1 /var/log/packages/ > package-list'
alias na='nano'
alias web='links -g -download-dir ~/ www.google.com'

#08-29-06 11:50 gws

#To clean up and cover your tracks once you log off
#Depending on your version of BASH, you might have to use
# the other form of this command
   trap "rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history" 0

#The older KSH-style form
#   trap 0 rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history

A sample of .bash_profile;

Code:

odin:~# cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile
#08-30-06 12:21 gws copied loki:/root

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

A user .bashrc;

Code:

odin:~# cat /home/gws/.bashrc
#.bashrc
#08-30-06 12:17 gws copied loki:/home/gws
# Add bin to path
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"

# Dynamic resizing
shopt -s checkwinsize

# Custom prompt
#
PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

#08-29-06 11:40 gws

#if [ `id -un` = root ]; then
#  PS1='\[\033[1;31m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
# else
#  PS1='\[\033[1;32m\]\h:\w\$\[\033[0m\] '
#fi
#

# Add color
eval `dircolors -b`

# User defined aliases
alias cls='clear'
alias clls='clear; ls'
alias ll='ls -l'
alias lsa='ls -A'
alias lsg='ls | grep'
alias na='nano'
alias web='links -g -download-dir ~/ www.google.com'

#08-29-06 11:45 gws
#To clean this up and cover your tracks once you log off

#Depending on your version of BASH, you might have to use
# the other form of this command
  trap "rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history" 0

#The older KSH-style form
#  trap 0 rm -f ~$LOGNAME/.bash_history

Note the difference in the 'if' for the root test and the user .bashrc is absolute.

You could look at 'Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide' to get more information.

This link and other useful links can be found at 'Slackware LQ Suggestions!'.