Constantly changing text color on the console

jpanski · 01-09-2008, 12:16 PM

Hey..this is my first post here, and i'm a total linux noob, but I was wondering if there was any way to make the text color in my linux console to constantly change ever time i type a new command.

Basically my main goal is to be able to clearly differentiate output between commands by having each one output in a different (random) color. Thank you in advance!

SlowCoder · 01-09-2008, 01:12 PM

The bash prompt gets it's display style from the PS1 variable. I set my PS1 variable in my .bashrc file, which is only read upon starting the console session.

I suppose you'd need to create a script that rewrites the PS1 variable with new random color values, then somehow get bash to execute that script after every command you enter.

jpanski · 01-09-2008, 02:35 PM

i'm retarded