[SOLVED] Bash 4.1$ prompt

bassplayer69 · 05-29-2011, 07:55 AM

I'm sure this is easy, but I'm trying to change the Xfce Terminal Emulator prompt from bash-4.1$ to something like what kconsole has.

If i issue a /bin/bash -l in the terminal, then I get the prompt and the colors that I want, but I'd like this to automagically happen when I click the Terminal icon in the Xfce panel.

This is for Slackware 13.37 (32bit) and Terminal 0.4.6

Thanks!!

AlucardZero · 05-29-2011, 08:02 AM

Set the environment variable PS1 to match.

IIRC, Terminal has an option in Preferences to "Start a login shell", and if you check that box and open a new Terminal your prompt should be what you want.

bassplayer69 · 05-29-2011, 08:23 AM

Thanks, I check the box and now the prompt is what I want.