Configuring terminal colors (the original BASH shell!)

lectraplayer · 09-05-2007, 08:48 PM

I remember being able to configure the colors of my BASH terminal (outside of X), but am trying to remember how I did it. Seems like it was something like set term -background white -foreground red as one example, and with the same command stopping the screen from blanking with something like set term -blank 0 or something to that effect. Now, for the life of me, I seem to be having difficulty pulling it off. I dug up where someone mentioned that it was setterm -blank 0, but that proved to be incorrect. The man pages I've stumbled across are getting me no closer. What was the command again? I like to beat commands into Linux outside of X occasionally. Some things are actually easier and work better away from X.

SlowCoder · 09-05-2007, 08:51 PM

Here's a little script I wrote not too long ago. Add it to your .bashrc

Code:

#Color Codes: 
#Black      0;30    Dark Gray    1;30 
#Red        0;31    Light Red    1;31 
#Green      0;32    Light Green  1;32 
#Brown      0;33    Yellow        1;33 
#Blue        0;34    Light Blue    1;34 
#Purple      0;35    Light Purple  1;35 
#Cyan        0;36    Light Cyan    1;36 
#Light Gray  0;37    White        1;37 
 
PROMPTCOLOR='\[\e[1;37m\]' 
COMMANDCOLOR='\[\e[0;37m\]' 
ROOTCOLOR='\[\e[1;31m\]' 
NORMALUSERCOLOR='\[\e[1;32m\]' 
HOSTNAMECOLOR='\[\e[1;35m\]' 
DIRECTORYCOLOR='\[\e[1;33m\]' 
 
### username ### 
if [ `whoami` = "root" ] 
        then USERCOLOR=$ROOTCOLOR 
        else USERCOLOR=$NORMALUSERCOLOR 
fi 
PS1=$USERCOLOR"\u" 
 
### hostname ### 
PS1=$PS1$PROMPTCOLOR@ 
PS1=$PS1$HOSTNAMECOLOR$(hostname -s) 
 
### working directory ### 
PS1=$PS1$PROMPTCOLOR" [" 
PS1=$PS1$DIRECTORYCOLOR"\w" 
PS1=$PS1$PROMPTCOLOR"]" 
 
### prompt end marker ### 
PS1=$PS1$USERCOLOR" \$ " 
 
### command color ### 
PS1=$PS1$COMMANDCOLOR

Oh, and let me know what you think.

lectraplayer · 09-05-2007, 09:06 PM

Thanks!

...though I remember doing it with a command, and then putting it in /etc/profile to make it permanent. I was also hoping to put a stop to it blanking out, for example if I'm reading a page full of text in less (and no, I cannot read faster! ).