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A tweak for terminal prompt

Hello , if u guys are usibg debaian or its derivative we can tweak out the terminal prompt. For example:

Quote:

ubuntu@ubuntu~#

If you are interested in tweaking. open up the .bashrc file in your home directory and add these lines

Quote:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]: ←֓
\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

←֓ replace this with :-) or any other thingy u can think of. 34 represents colour, in our case it is red. The result will be

Quote:

ubuntu@ubuntu: :-)
~$

this was seen in a book i read. if u have any doubt at all please post. i'm stll thinking of how i can remove the line saying "ubuntu@ubuntu" and just have "~$" at the prompt.
Have fun.

tinman.

Just a note - prompt customisation is not restricted to Debian and co. .. it will work with any bash:

color prompt example:

Code:

#------------------------------------------------------------------------

# ISO 6429 character sequences for colors etc

lc='\[\e[1;'

# foregrounds----backgrounds--------------------------------------------------

BLACK=${lc}30m;  B_BLACK=${lc}40m

RED=${lc}31m;    B_RED=${lc}41m

GREEN=${lc}32m;  B_GREEN=${lc}42m

YELLOW=${lc}33m; B_YELLOW=${lc}43m

BLUE=${lc}34m;  B_BLUE=${lc}44m

PURPLE=${lc}35m; B_PURPLE=${lc}45m

CYAN=${lc}36m;  B_CYAN=${lc}46m

WHITE=${lc}37m;  B_WHITE=${lc}47m

#------------------------------------------------------------------

BRIGHT=${lc}1m

UNDER=${lc}4m

FLASH=${lc}5m

RC=${lc}0m  # reset character

SEP="\\\$"  # separator

#------------------------------------------------------------------------

if [ "x${LOGNAME}" = "x" ]

then

  LOGNAME=$(whoami)

fi



# set pc, the prompt color

if [ "$USER" = "root" ]

then

  pc=$RED

else

  pc=$PURPLE

fi

#------------------------------------------------------------------------



# set the prompt

if [ $TERM  = "dumb" ]

then

  # no color if a dumb terminal

  pc=""; RC=""

fi



PS1="${pc}\]\u@\h \W\\$ ${RC}\]"

#PS1="${pc}\][\u@\h \w]$SEP${RC} "

#------------------------------------------------------------------------

cheers

cool thanks for the info