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Ultimate Prompt and bashrc. File

I've been working on my .bashrc file on and off for years. Over the years, I have searched through scores of others' .bashrc files and command prompts.

I think this is the most amazing and ultimate command prompt and .bashrc file I have ever seen, and I wanted to share it with anyone who wanted to use it.

I wanted this script to work on any machine running bash just "out of the box" without any needed modifications. And it's very friendly for new people coming to Linux.

To download it, simply go here:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/bashrc.tar.gz

Or, you can just execute this and reboot (backup your existing .bashrc file first if you need it):

Code:

/bin/rm -f ~/.bashrc* && cd ~ && wget http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/.bashrc && wget http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/.bashrc_help

Once installed, for FULL COLOR HELP and description of each command and change, simply type:

Code:

hlp

Yes, it has it's own full color "help file" (using less supporting Page up and down - type Q to exit). No, I didn't make a man page for it and don't plan to. If you don't like the color, there is a non-color version included in the archive.

First, here's the command prompt:

Dark background:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt_dark.png

Light background:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt_light.png

Solarized dark:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt_solarized_dark.png

Solarized light:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt_solarized_light.png

Black and white:
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt_black_white.png

It has a lot of useful information on it including the date, time, cpu usage, jobs, network connections to your machine, current user, server (if logged in SSH), your current directory, the size of all the files, the file count, and any errors with lookup text descriptions for those exit codes.
http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/prompt.png

The ONLY feature this prompt does not contain (out of every prompt I've ever seen) is a timer for the last command executed. I did have the code working for this, but it requires debug, and it's just not very accurate. Also, it would stop working correctly if scripts gave weird exit codes. I removed it and may add it back in at some point.

Please note: The editor used in this script is nano, pico, or joe (it will automatically use what you have installed without any configuration). I use a graphical UI editor for most of my coding, so I have no need for the power of Emacs or even Vim. To change it, just change the alias and modify the edit function. If you install joe (available in almost all repositories and Joe's Own Editor), the scripts will automatically use it immediately instead without any configuration or reboot. This script also uses multitail and tree for a couple of commands. To automatically install them on Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, Fedora, SuSE, Gentoo, or Mandriva, just type: install_bashrc_support

So what are some of the new lazy/helpful commands?

hlp - Show's a full color help file with these commands and other nice shortcuts

Configuration (These will find your configuration files for you! There is no need to modify the script.)
ebrc - Edit the .bashrc file
phpconfig - Edit the PHP configuration
apacheconfig - Edit Apache web server configuration
mysqlconfig - Edit MySQL database configuration

Searching
h - Search command line history (also CTRL-S and CTRL-R)
p - Search running processes
f - Search filenames in the current folder
ftext - Searches for text in all files in the current folder

Information
da - Show the date
ver - Show the current version of the operating system
checkcommand - Show if a command is aliased, a file, or a built-in command
cpu - Shows the CPU usage
topcpu - Show the top 10 CPU processes
logs - Show all logs in /var/log
apachelog - View Apache web server logs (requires multitail)
rot13 - Rot13 conversion

Folders
la - Directory listing: show hidden files
ls - Directory listing: add colors and file type extensions
lx - Directory listing: sort by extension
lk - Directory listing: sort by size
lc - Directory listing: sort by change time
lu - Directory listing: sort by access time
lr - Directory listing: recursive ls
lt - Directory listing: sort by date
lm - Directory listing: pipe through 'more'
lw - Directory listing: wide listing format
ll - Directory listing: long listing format
labc - Directory listing: alphabetical sort
lf - Directory listing: files only
ldir - Directory listing: directories only

.. - go back 1 folder
... - go back 2 folders
.... - go back 3 folders
..... - go back 4 folders
up - go up a specified number of folders

bd - change into your previous folder (also cd -)
cpp - Copy file with a progress bar
cpg - Copy and go to the directory
mvg - Move and go to the directory
mkdirg - Create and go to the directory
rmd - Remove a directory, all sub folders, and files
pwd - Show the current directory (not an alias)
oldpwd - Show the previous directory (not an alias)
pwdtail - Returns the last 2 fields of the working directory

countfiles - Count all files (recursively) in the current folder
diskspace - Show how disk space is being used
folders - Show subfolders and disk space
folderssort - Show subfolders sorted with disk space
tree - Show a folder and file tree
treed - Show a folder tree
mountedinfo - Show mounted information

home - go to your home folder
web - Change into your Apache web folder

File Permissions
000 - Change permissions to no read/write/execute
644 - Change permissions to read only/write for owner
666 - Change permissions to read only
755 - Change permissions to read only and execute/write for owner
777 - Change permissions to read, write, and execute
mx - make files executable

Archives
extract - Extract any archive(s) (does everything unp does without the need to install it)
mktar - Create a tar file
mkbz2 - Created a bzip2 archive file
mkgz - Create a gzip archive file
untar - Extract a tar file
unbz2 - Extract a bzip2 archive file
ungz - Extract a gzip archive file

Network
netinfo - Show current network information
whatsmyip - Internal and external IP address lookup
ipview - Show the number of connections to the web server
openports - Show open ports

Reboot
rebootsafe - reboot safely
rebootforce - force reboot

I really recommend adding bash completion to your system.
http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml

Download and then copy the bash_completion/bash_completion file to /etc - the script will automatically pick it up if installed. You probably will want to make a /etc/bash_completion.d directory for any additional completion scripts.

If you have any comments or useful things you'd like to see added, let me know in the comments below.

Enjoy!

Ultimate Prompt and bashrc. File

For those who don't want to download but would like to look at the code:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)



#######################################################

# SOURCED ALIAS'S AND SCRIPTS

#######################################################



# Source global definitions

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

        . /etc/bashrc

fi



# Enable bash programmable completion features in interactive shells

if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then

        . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then

        . /etc/bash_completion

fi



#######################################################

# EXPORTS

#######################################################



# Disable the bell

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind "set bell-style visible"; fi



# Expand the history size

export HISTFILESIZE=10000

export HISTSIZE=500



# Don't put duplicate lines in the history and do not add lines that start with a space

export HISTCONTROL=erasedups:ignoredups:ignorespace



# Check the window size after each command and, if necessary, update the values of LINES and COLUMNS

shopt -s checkwinsize



# Causes bash to append to history instead of overwriting it so if you start a new terminal, you have old session history

shopt -s histappend

PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'



# Allow ctrl-S for history navigation (with ctrl-R)

stty -ixon



# Ignore case on auto-completion

# Note: bind used instead of sticking these in .inputrc

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind "set completion-ignore-case on"; fi



# Show auto-completion list automatically, without double tab

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind "set show-all-if-ambiguous On"; fi



# Set the default editor

export EDITOR=nano

export VISUAL=nano

alias pico='edit'

alias spico='sedit'

alias nano='edit'

alias snano='sedit'



# To have colors for ls and all grep commands such as grep, egrep and zgrep

export CLICOLOR=1

export LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:*.xml=00;31:'

export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'



# Color for manpages in less makes manpages a little easier to read

export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'

export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'



#######################################################

# MACHINE SPECIFIC ALIAS'S

#######################################################



# Alias's for SSH

# alias SERVERNAME='ssh YOURWEBSITE.com -l USERNAME -p PORTNUMBERHERE'



# Alias's to change the directory

alias web='cd /var/www/html'



# Alias's to mount ISO files

# mount -o loop /home/NAMEOFISO.iso /home/ISOMOUNTDIR/

# umount /home/NAMEOFISO.iso

# (Both commands done as root only.)



#######################################################

# GENERAL ALIAS'S

#######################################################

# To temporarily bypass an alias, we preceed the command with a \

# EG: the ls command is aliased, but to use the normal ls command you would type \ls



# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:

#  sleep 10; alert

alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'



# Edit this .bashrc file

alias ebrc='edit ~/.bashrc'



# Show help for this .bashrc file

alias hlp='less ~/.bashrc_help'



# alias to show the date

alias da='date "+%Y-%m-%d %A %T %Z"'



# Alias's to modified commands

alias cp='cp -i'

alias mv='mv -i'

alias rm='rm -iv'

alias mkdir='mkdir -p'

alias ps='ps auxf'

alias ping='ping -c 10'

alias less='less -R'

alias cls='clear'

alias apt-get='sudo apt-get'

alias multitail='multitail --no-repeat -c'

alias freshclam='sudo freshclam'

alias vi='vim'

alias svi='sudo vi'

alias vis='vim "+set si"'



# Change directory aliases

alias home='cd ~'

alias cd..='cd ..'

alias ..='cd ..'

alias ...='cd ../..'

alias ....='cd ../../..'

alias .....='cd ../../../..'



# cd into the old directory

alias bd='cd "$OLDPWD"'



# Remove a directory and all files

alias rmd='/bin/rm  --recursive --force --verbose '



# Alias's for multiple directory listing commands

alias la='ls -Alh' # show hidden files

alias ls='ls -aFh --color=always' # add colors and file type extensions

alias lx='ls -lXBh' # sort by extension

alias lk='ls -lSrh' # sort by size

alias lc='ls -lcrh' # sort by change time

alias lu='ls -lurh' # sort by access time

alias lr='ls -lRh' # recursive ls

alias lt='ls -ltrh' # sort by date

alias lm='ls -alh |more' # pipe through 'more'

alias lw='ls -xAh' # wide listing format

alias ll='ls -Fls' # long listing format

alias labc='ls -lap' #alphabetical sort

alias lf="ls -l | egrep -v '^d'" # files only

alias ldir="ls -l | egrep '^d'" # directories only



# alias chmod commands

alias mx='chmod a+x'

alias 000='chmod -R 000'

alias 644='chmod -R 644'

alias 666='chmod -R 666'

alias 755='chmod -R 755'

alias 777='chmod -R 777'



# Search command line history

alias h="history | grep "



# Search running processes

alias p="ps aux | grep "

alias topcpu="/bin/ps -eo pcpu,pid,user,args | sort -k 1 -r | head -10"



# Search files in the current folder

alias f="find . | grep "



# Count all files (recursively) in the current folder

alias countfiles="for t in files links directories; do echo \`find . -type \${t:0:1} | wc -l\` \$t; done 2> /dev/null"



# To see if a command is aliased, a file, or a built-in command

alias checkcommand="type -t"



# Show current network connections to the server

alias ipview="netstat -anpl | grep :80 | awk {'print \$5'} | cut -d\":\" -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ *\$//'"



# Show open ports

alias openports='netstat -nape --inet'



# Alias's for safe and forced reboots

alias rebootsafe='sudo shutdown -r now'

alias rebootforce='sudo shutdown -r -n now'



# Alias's to show disk space and space used in a folder

alias diskspace="du -S | sort -n -r |more"

alias folders='du -h --max-depth=1'

alias folderssort='find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | xargs -0 du -sk | sort -rn'

alias tree='tree -CAhF --dirsfirst'

alias treed='tree -CAFd'

alias mountedinfo='df -hT'



# Alias's for archives

alias mktar='tar -cvf'

alias mkbz2='tar -cvjf'

alias mkgz='tar -cvzf'

alias untar='tar -xvf'

alias unbz2='tar -xvjf'

alias ungz='tar -xvzf'



# Show all logs in /var/log

alias logs="sudo find /var/log -type f -exec file {} \; | grep 'text' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed -e's/:$//g' | grep -v '[0-9]$' | xargs tail -f"



# SHA1

alias sha1='openssl sha1'



#######################################################

# SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

#######################################################



# Use the best version of pico installed

edit ()

{

        if [ "$(type -t jpico)" = "file" ]; then

                # Use JOE text editor http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/

                jpico -nonotice -linums -nobackups "$@"

        elif [ "$(type -t nano)" = "file" ]; then

                nano -c "$@"

        elif [ "$(type -t pico)" = "file" ]; then

                pico "$@"

        else

                vim "$@"

        fi

}

sedit ()

{

        if [ "$(type -t jpico)" = "file" ]; then

                # Use JOE text editor http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/

                sudo jpico -nonotice -linums -nobackups "$@"

        elif [ "$(type -t nano)" = "file" ]; then

                sudo nano -c "$@"

        elif [ "$(type -t pico)" = "file" ]; then

                sudo pico "$@"

        else

                sudo vim "$@"

        fi

}



# Extracts any archive(s) (if unp isn't installed)

extract () {

        for archive in $*; do

                if [ -f $archive ] ; then

                        case $archive in

                                *.tar.bz2)  tar xvjf $archive    ;;

                                *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf $archive    ;;

                                *.bz2)      bunzip2 $archive    ;;

                                *.rar)      rar x $archive      ;;

                                *.gz)        gunzip $archive      ;;

                                *.tar)      tar xvf $archive    ;;

                                *.tbz2)      tar xvjf $archive    ;;

                                *.tgz)      tar xvzf $archive    ;;

                                *.zip)      unzip $archive      ;;

                                *.Z)        uncompress $archive  ;;

                                *.7z)        7z x $archive        ;;

                                *)          echo "don't know how to extract '$archive'..." ;;

                        esac

                else

                        echo "'$archive' is not a valid file!"

                fi

        done

}



# Searches for text in all files in the current folder

ftext ()

{

        # -i case-insensitive

        # -I ignore binary files

        # -H causes filename to be printed

        # -r recursive search

        # -n causes line number to be printed

        # optional: -F treat search term as a literal, not a regular expression

        # optional: -l only print filenames and not the matching lines ex. grep -irl "$1" *

        grep -iIHrn --color=always "$1" . | less -r

}



# Copy file with a progress bar

cpp()

{

        set -e

        strace -q -ewrite cp -- "${1}" "${2}" 2>&1 \

        | awk '{

        count += $NF

        if (count % 10 == 0) {

                percent = count / total_size * 100

                printf "%3d%% [", percent

                for (i=0;i<=percent;i++)

                        printf "="

                        printf ">"

                        for (i=percent;i<100;i++)

                                printf " "

                                printf "]\r"

                        }

                }

        END { print "" }' total_size=$(stat -c '%s' "${1}") count=0

}



# Copy and go to the directory

cpg ()

{

        if [ -d "$2" ];then

                cp $1 $2 && cd $2

        else

                cp $1 $2

        fi

}



# Move and go to the directory

mvg ()

{

        if [ -d "$2" ];then

                mv $1 $2 && cd $2

        else

                mv $1 $2

        fi

}



# Create and go to the directory

mkdirg ()

{

        mkdir -p $1

        cd $1

}



# Goes up a specified number of directories  (i.e. up 4)

up ()

{

        local d=""

        limit=$1

        for ((i=1 ; i <= limit ; i++))

                do

                        d=$d/..

                done

        d=$(echo $d | sed 's/^\///')

        if [ -z "$d" ]; then

                d=..

        fi

        cd $d

}



#Automatically do an ls after each cd

# cd ()

# {

#        if [ -n "$1" ]; then

#                builtin cd "$@" && ls

#        else

#                builtin cd ~ && ls

#        fi

# }



# Returns the last 2 fields of the working directory

pwdtail ()

{

        pwd|awk -F/ '{nlast = NF -1;print $nlast"/"$NF}'

}



# Show the current distribution

distribution ()

{

        local dtype

        # Assume unknown

        dtype="unknown"

        

        # First test against Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / generic Redhat derivative

        if [ -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then

                source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

                [ zz`type -t passed 2>/dev/null` == "zzfunction" ] && dtype="redhat"

        

        # Then test against SUSE (must be after Redhat,

        # I've seen rc.status on Ubuntu I think? TODO: Recheck that)

        elif [ -r /etc/rc.status ]; then

                source /etc/rc.status

                [ zz`type -t rc_reset 2>/dev/null` == "zzfunction" ] && dtype="suse"

        

        # Then test against Debian, Ubuntu and friends

        elif [ -r /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then

                source /lib/lsb/init-functions

                [ zz`type -t log_begin_msg 2>/dev/null` == "zzfunction" ] && dtype="debian"

        

        # Then test against Gentoo

        elif [ -r /etc/init.d/functions.sh ]; then

                source /etc/init.d/functions.sh

                [ zz`type -t ebegin 2>/dev/null` == "zzfunction" ] && dtype="gentoo"

        

        # For Mandriva we currently just test if /etc/mandriva-release exists

        # and isn't empty (TODO: Find a better way :)

        elif [ -s /etc/mandriva-release ]; then

                dtype="mandriva"



        # For Slackware we currently just test if /etc/slackware-version exists

        elif [ -s /etc/slackware-version ]; then

                dtype="slackware"



        fi

        echo $dtype

}



# Show the current version of the operating system

ver ()

{

        local dtype

        dtype=$(distribution)



        if [ $dtype == "redhat" ]; then

                if [ -s /etc/redhat-release ]; then

                        cat /etc/redhat-release && uname -a

                else

                        cat /etc/issue && uname -a

                fi

        elif [ $dtype == "suse" ]; then

                cat /etc/SuSE-release

        elif [ $dtype == "debian" ]; then

                lsb_release -a

                # sudo cat /etc/issue && sudo cat /etc/issue.net && sudo cat /etc/lsb_release && sudo cat /etc/os-release # Linux Mint option 2

        elif [ $dtype == "gentoo" ]; then

                cat /etc/gentoo-release

        elif [ $dtype == "mandriva" ]; then

                cat /etc/mandriva-release

        elif [ $dtype == "slackware" ]; then

                cat /etc/slackware-version

        else

                if [ -s /etc/issue ]; then

                        cat /etc/issue

                else

                        echo "Error: Unknown distribution"

                        exit 1

                fi

        fi

}



# Automatically install the needed support files for this .bashrc file

install_bashrc_support ()

{

        local dtype

        dtype=$(distribution)



        if [ $dtype == "redhat" ]; then

                sudo yum install multitail tree joe

        elif [ $dtype == "suse" ]; then

                sudo zypper install multitail

                sudo zypper install tree

                sudo zypper install joe

        elif [ $dtype == "debian" ]; then

                sudo apt-get install multitail tree joe

        elif [ $dtype == "gentoo" ]; then

                sudo emerge multitail

                sudo emerge tree

                sudo emerge joe

        elif [ $dtype == "mandriva" ]; then

                sudo urpmi multitail

                sudo urpmi tree

                sudo urpmi joe

        elif [ $dtype == "slackware" ]; then

                echo "No install support for Slackware"

        else

                echo "Unknown distribution"

        fi

}



# Show current network information

netinfo ()

{

        echo "--------------- Network Information ---------------"

        /sbin/ifconfig | awk /'inet addr/ {print $2}'

        echo ""

        /sbin/ifconfig | awk /'Bcast/ {print $3}'

        echo ""

        /sbin/ifconfig | awk /'inet addr/ {print $4}'



        /sbin/ifconfig | awk /'HWaddr/ {print $4,$5}'

        echo "---------------------------------------------------"

}



# IP address lookup

alias whatismyip="whatsmyip"

function whatsmyip ()

{

        # Dumps a list of all IP addresses for every device

        # /sbin/ifconfig |grep -B1 "inet addr" |awk '{ if ( $1 == "inet" ) { print $2 } else if ( $2 == "Link" ) { printf "%s:" ,$1 } }' |awk -F: '{ print $1 ": " $3 }';



        # Internal IP Lookup

        echo -n "Internal IP: " ; /sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr" | awk -F: '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'



        # External IP Lookup

        echo -n "External IP: " ; wget http://smart-ip.net/myip -O - -q

}



# View Apache logs

apachelog ()

{

        if [ -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ]; then

                cd /var/log/httpd && ls -xAh && multitail --no-repeat -c -s 2 /var/log/httpd/*_log

        else

                cd /var/log/apache2 && ls -xAh && multitail --no-repeat -c -s 2 /var/log/apache2/*.log

        fi

}



# Edit the Apache configuration

apacheconfig ()

{

        if [ -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ]; then

                sedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

        elif [ -f /etc/apache2/apache2.conf ]; then

                sedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

        else

                echo "Error: Apache config file could not be found."

                echo "Searching for possible locations:"

                sudo updatedb && locate httpd.conf && locate apache2.conf

        fi

}



# Edit the PHP configuration file

phpconfig ()

{

        if [ -f /etc/php.ini ]; then

                sedit /etc/php.ini

        elif [ -f /etc/php/php.ini ]; then

                sedit /etc/php/php.ini

        elif [ -f /etc/php5/php.ini ]; then

                sedit /etc/php5/php.ini

        elif [ -f /usr/bin/php5/bin/php.ini ]; then

                sedit /usr/bin/php5/bin/php.ini

        elif [ -f /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini ]; then

                sedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

        else

                echo "Error: php.ini file could not be found."

                echo "Searching for possible locations:"

                sudo updatedb && locate php.ini

        fi

}



# Edit the MySQL configuration file

mysqlconfig ()

{

        if [ -f /etc/my.cnf ]; then

                sedit /etc/my.cnf

        elif [ -f /etc/mysql/my.cnf ]; then

                sedit /etc/mysql/my.cnf

        elif [ -f /usr/local/etc/my.cnf ]; then

                sedit /usr/local/etc/my.cnf

        elif [ -f /usr/bin/mysql/my.cnf ]; then

                sedit /usr/bin/mysql/my.cnf

        elif [ -f ~/my.cnf ]; then

                sedit ~/my.cnf

        elif [ -f ~/.my.cnf ]; then

                sedit ~/.my.cnf

        else

                echo "Error: my.cnf file could not be found."

                echo "Searching for possible locations:"

                sudo updatedb && locate my.cnf

        fi

}



# For some reason, rot13 pops up everywhere

rot13 () {

        if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then

                tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'

        else

                echo $* | tr '[a-m][n-z][A-M][N-Z]' '[n-z][a-m][N-Z][A-M]'

        fi

}



# Trim leading and trailing spaces (for scripts)

trim()

{

        local var=$@

        var="${var#"${var%%[![:space:]]*}"}"  # remove leading whitespace characters

        var="${var%"${var##*[![:space:]]}"}"  # remove trailing whitespace characters

        echo -n "$var"

}



#######################################################

# Set the ultimate amazing command prompt

#######################################################



alias cpu="grep 'cpu ' /proc/stat | awk '{usage=(\$2+\$4)*100/(\$2+\$4+\$5)} END {print usage}' | awk '{printf(\"%.1f\n\", \$1)}'"

function __setprompt

{

        local LAST_COMMAND=$? # Must come first!



        # Define colors

        local LIGHTGRAY="\033[0;37m"

        local WHITE="\033[1;37m"

        local BLACK="\033[0;30m"

        local DARKGRAY="\033[1;30m"

        local RED="\033[0;31m"

        local LIGHTRED="\033[1;31m"

        local GREEN="\033[0;32m"

        local LIGHTGREEN="\033[1;32m"

        local BROWN="\033[0;33m"

        local YELLOW="\033[1;33m"

        local BLUE="\033[0;34m"

        local LIGHTBLUE="\033[1;34m"

        local MAGENTA="\033[0;35m"

        local LIGHTMAGENTA="\033[1;35m"

        local CYAN="\033[0;36m"

        local LIGHTCYAN="\033[1;36m"

        local NOCOLOR="\033[0m"



        # Show error exit code if there is one

        if [[ $LAST_COMMAND != 0 ]]; then

                # PS1="\[${RED}\](\[${LIGHTRED}\]ERROR\[${RED}\])-(\[${LIGHTRED}\]Exit Code \[${WHITE}\]${LAST_COMMAND}\[${RED}\])-(\[${LIGHTRED}\]"

                PS1="\[${DARKGRAY}\](\[${LIGHTRED}\]ERROR\[${DARKGRAY}\])-(\[${RED}\]Exit Code \[${LIGHTRED}\]${LAST_COMMAND}\[${DARKGRAY}\])-(\[${RED}\]"

                if [[ $LAST_COMMAND == 1 ]]; then

                        PS1+="General error"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 2 ]; then

                        PS1+="Missing keyword, command, or permission problem"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 126 ]; then

                        PS1+="Permission problem or command is not an executable"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 127 ]; then

                        PS1+="Command not found"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 128 ]; then

                        PS1+="Invalid argument to exit"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 129 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 1"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 130 ]; then

                        PS1+="Script terminated by Control-C"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 131 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 3"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 132 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 4"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 133 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 5"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 134 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 6"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 135 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 7"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 136 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 8"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND == 137 ]; then

                        PS1+="Fatal error signal 9"

                elif [ $LAST_COMMAND -gt 255 ]; then

                        PS1+="Exit status out of range"

                else

                        PS1+="Unknown error code"

                fi

                PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\])\[${NOCOLOR}\]\n"

        else

                PS1=""

        fi



        # Date

        PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\](\[${CYAN}\]\$(date +%a) $(date +%b-'%-m')" # Date

        PS1+="${BLUE} $(date +'%-I':%M:%S%P)\[${DARKGRAY}\])-" # Time



        # CPU

        PS1+="(\[${MAGENTA}\]CPU $(cpu)%"



        # Jobs

        PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\]:\[${MAGENTA}\]\j"



        # Network Connections (for a server - comment out for non-server)

        PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\]:\[${MAGENTA}\]Net $(awk 'END {print NR}' /proc/net/tcp)"



        PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\])-"



        # User and server

        local SSH_IP=`echo $SSH_CLIENT | awk '{ print $1 }'`

        local SSH2_IP=`echo $SSH2_CLIENT | awk '{ print $1 }'`

        if [ $SSH2_IP ] || [ $SSH_IP ] ; then

                PS1+="(\[${RED}\]\u@\h"

        else

                PS1+="(\[${RED}\]\u"

        fi



        # Current directory

        PS1+="\[${DARKGRAY}\]:\[${BROWN}\]\w\[${DARKGRAY}\])-"



        # Total size of files in current directory

        PS1+="(\[${GREEN}\]$(/bin/ls -lah | /bin/grep -m 1 total | /bin/sed 's/total //')\[${DARKGRAY}\]:"



        # Number of files

        PS1+="\[${GREEN}\]\$(/bin/ls -A -1 | /usr/bin/wc -l)\[${DARKGRAY}\])"



        # Skip to the next line

        PS1+="\n"



        if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then

                PS1+="\[${GREEN}\]>\[${NOCOLOR}\] " # Normal user

        else

                PS1+="\[${RED}\]>\[${NOCOLOR}\] " # Root user

        fi



        # PS2 is used to continue a command using the \ character

        PS2="\[${DARKGRAY}\]>\[${NOCOLOR}\] "



        # PS3 is used to enter a number choice in a script

        PS3='Please enter a number from above list: '



        # PS4 is used for tracing a script in debug mode

        PS4='\[${DARKGRAY}\]+\[${NOCOLOR}\] '

}

PROMPT_COMMAND='__setprompt'

The color help file has escape codes and can't be pasted in like this.

Very cool!

You might ask the mods to move this thread to a more prominent place, such as the Member Success Stories forum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan (Post 5235901)

Very cool!

You might ask the mods to move this thread to a more prominent place, such as the Member Success Stories forum.

Thanks, dugan! I thought I would share if it helps someone in some way. And I love my prompt!

I forgot to say, the script used multitail and tree (both awesome commands), but you can find those in almost all repositories.

For example:

Code:

sudo apt-get install multitail tree

Code:

yum install multitail tree

And the .bashrc script will still work without these.

That is pretty cool, I'll give it a shot and see how I like it.

I did notice a small problem though. At the top it's trying to source global definitions and programmable completion, but it's missing a "source" or ".". As-written it's trying to execute those files, which results in a permission denied error.

I also tried to use it on a very old machine I have here, and it resulted in an infinite loop of errors. I actually had to ssh into the machine as another user, su to root, and restore my original .bashrc from there because I couldn't get to a prompt as me. Not a huge deal, but maybe there should be some version checking to make it more robust.

If you're interested, the actual error was:

Code:

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[1;30m\](\[\033[0;36m\]$(date +%a) Sep-9: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\033[0;34m 4:30:21pm\[\033[1;30m\])-: command not found

-bash: PS1+=(\[\033[0;35m\]CPU 0.5%: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[1;30m\]:\[\033[0;35m\]\j: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[1;30m\]:\[\033[0;35m\]Net 24: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[1;30m\])-: command not found

-bash: PS1+=(\[\033[0;31m\]\u@\h: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[1;30m\]:\[\033[0;33m\]\w\[\033[1;30m\])-: command not found

-bash: PS1+=(\[\033[0;32m\]14M\[\033[1;30m\]:: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[0;32m\]$(/bin/ls -A -1 | /usr/bin/wc -l)\[\033[1;30m\]): No such file or directory

-bash: PS1+=\n: command not found

-bash: PS1+=\[\033[0;32m\]>\[\033[0m\] : command not found

Looks like it doesn't like the "+=" syntax.

Also, the stty and bind commands fail when opening a non-interactive session, eg:

Code:

> ssh server ls

/home/user/.bashrc: line 22: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

stty: standard input: Invalid argument

/home/user/.bashrc: line 43: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

/home/user/.bashrc: line 46: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

Fixed by adding a line to the top:

Code:

iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)

and then sticking an if statement around those four lines (the three binds and the stty call):

Code:

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind "set bell-style visible"; fi

etc.

Awesome input. Thank you, suicidaleggroll!

Okay, I made all the changes you recommended except the concatenations for really old versions of bash. I might do that at a later date.

Thanks for the help and input!!

To "upgrade" to the latest version, just type:

Code:

rm -f ~/.bashrc* && cd ~ && wget http://mindnugget.com/bashrc/.bashrc

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll (Post 5237062)

Also, the stty and bind commands fail when opening a non-interactive session, eg:

Code:

> ssh server ls

/home/user/.bashrc: line 22: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

stty: standard input: Invalid argument

/home/user/.bashrc: line 43: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

/home/user/.bashrc: line 46: bind: warning: line editing not enabled

Fixed by adding a line to the top:

Code:

iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)

suicidaleggroll:
I use

Code:

bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'

bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'

on 100% of my servers' .bashrc files.
Is there a similar snippet that I can use outside of jeffguys' .bashrc to suppress this warning during non-interactive shells?

Thanks.

The same one I posted above should work.

$- is a special flag passed to bash at runtime. The presence of an "i" in the result means it's interactive, which is what that "iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)" snip is looking for. The result is the index of the letter "i" in the output of "$-". A value >0 means it was there, a value of zero means it wasn't. So if you then stick a "if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]" around all of your interactive-only commands, you should be set.

It's not perfect, as scripts/shells can be forced to run in interactive mode even if it's not an interactive session (by adding a -i to the bash flags or putting a "#!/bin/bash -i" for the header, but for a .bashrc file it's good enough.

Another option is to test PS1, but I don't like that because some .bashrc files will set PS1 regardless of it being an interactive session or not.

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/intandnonint.html#IITEST

Thanks, I'll try it.

Habitual, what you want is:

Code:

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'; fi

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'; fi

All credit to suicidaleggroll of course.

Couple of points (from my systems point of view):

1. Probably not a biggee for some, but several of my machines, including my main pc at home, does not have ifconfig installed and hence all of the net based parts fail. Now I know IPv6 is still working it way through,
but all my machines are using iproute2 (hence ip command) for net based actions.

2. I found the below comment and resulting code to be a little ambiguous as a new directory on my system with no files in it will return '8.0K'

Quote:

# Total size of files in current directory

3. As we are in bash, why not use (()) for testing arithmetic

4. 'f' alias says it searches for files but there is no -type option to indicate this (ie directories will also be returned)

5. netstat commands are not available for me ... is there something to advise (maybe it is in help) what packages need to be installed

6. With aliases like countfiles, I find it cleaner (IMO) to use a function in place of trying to put it all on one line and be concerned about escaping

Code:

countfiles()

{

  for t in files links directories

  do  

    echo "$(find . -type ${t:0:1} | wc -l) $t"

  done 2> /dev/null

}

7. Your for loop for extracting archives is flawed in that it will undergo word splitting due to the use of $*. Either use a quoted "$@" or simply leave it off all together:

Code:

for archive

8. I would advise the use of [[]] over its single counterpart [] due to the prior being more robust and allows for additional features

9. pwdtail - in awk you can simply call $(NF-1) instead of setting the variable

10. distribution has no solution for Arch based systems :(

11. The big 'if' for setting PS1 would maybe look nicer as a case??

Hopefully some helpful feedback :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffguy77 (Post 5238358)

Habitual, what you want is:

Code:

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'; fi

if [[ $iatest > 0 ]]; then bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'; fi

All credit to suicidaleggroll of course.

jeff and suicidaleggroll:
Thanks for this nugget! It solves the issue and works both locally and remotely. I posted it at Improved ~./bashrc history search with credit, of course.

Have a Great Day.
You rock!

Edit: Fri Sep 19, 2014 - 11:14:49 AM EDT
I had to revert to the former entries in my local ~/.bashrc for "some" reason.

My humble :twocents: .

After some time of using Linux I lost interest in complicated bloated prompts. They distract a lot and you rarely really read data those prompts provide before any new command. I find simple

Code:

user@machine: $



user@machine: #

to be much better as it's neat, clean and doesn't have much to distract you (and eat up space).

Also, prompt with only current dir and type of user is nice.

Code:

~/downloads $



~/downloads #

I agree- I couldn't work with that much info on my prompt...I would get completely lost...

I really like Debian's defauld bash prompt. Hostname, username, working directory. I really need to look at it to make my Arch laptop look the same way, so that it displays the full path to the current directory...

I like my yellow-on-blue retro prompt:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5240800)

I like my yellow-on-blue retro prompt:

C:/home????? What, did you boot from a DOS floppy, and have / formatted as fat32?

Quote:

Originally Posted by maples (Post 5240802)

C:/home????? What, did you boot from a DOS floppy, and have / formatted as fat32?

All Linux all the time...

Code:

DOS='C:${PWD//\//\\\}>'

PS1="\[\033[00m\]\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;39m\]$DOS\[\033[00m\]"

I remember floppy drives. :)

Here's a site where you can experiment with your prompt:
http://bashrcgenerator.com/

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL (Post 5240805)

Here's a site where you can experiment with your prompt:
http://bashrcgenerator.com/

+1 and Good Stuff. Thanks!

Grail, awesome post. I took a look and will probably make some changes when I get time. I'm not the ultimate at shell scripting. I have collected a lot of this stuff over the years.

Habitual, that is an awesome blog! And I'm adding your up and down arrow search to my .bashrc because it's awesome. And I laughed at the C: on your prompt.

BrianL, nice link. I used to have a page like that where you could created different date formats and can't find it anymore.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffguy77 (Post 5242706)

And I'm adding your up and down arrow search to my .bashrc because it's awesome. And I laughed at the C: on your prompt.

Yeah, I'm having mixed reactions to the solution offered in your post. If I use that it does fix the non-interactive issue with
"warning: line editing not enabled" messages, but I am then unable to use that 'feature' interactively.

So I am just kind of in the middle on it being "the solution" for me, atm.
But that's what I LOVE about Linux, there's always a 'way', we just have to be creative. :)
Have a Great Day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5242949)

You did put the

Code:

iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)

line at the top right? Without that those if statements would just shut off the bind commands entirely. The command above is what makes it all work (by searching for "i" in "$-", which means it's an interactive session).

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll (Post 5242976)

You did put the

Code:

iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)

doh!

NOW it's fixed. ;)

Thanks.

Why not put this on GitHub, jeffguy77?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan (Post 5242981)

Why not put this on GitHub, jeffguy77?

Hmmm... interesting thought. I will say, most of the people who make complex prompts use zsh, not bash, because of it's right aligned prompt section and other extras. I prefer to stay on bash for compatibility. It's an idea though. Thanks for the suggestion!

Habitual, I'm glad it's working for you. And your blog has some interesting stuff. I didn't know you could put random times into a cron job.

This does not work with the ultimate bashrc script
I am trying to use autojump, but it will not autoload the directories to the autojump list as the custom prompt is not compatible.
Here is the thread on the issue from other users.
askubuntu.com/questions/185962/autojump-in-12-04-doesnt-work

I tried using the change and adding to my .bashrc, but it does not work.
Any ideas on what to add to the ultimate .bashrc to make autojump work?

Just want to add that I absolutely love this script! Thanks for sharing!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyrepenol (Post 5560245)

Just want to add that I absolutely love this script! Thanks for sharing!

Pyrepenol: Welcome to LQ!

It's all good.

New version of this project

I have created a much more recent huge upgrade to my original ultimate .bashrc file.

It is up on Source Forge.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultimate-bashrc/files/

Thank you for all your kind words of support!