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I'm customizing my bash prompt.

/home/rozilla/.bashrc

Code:

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.

# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)

# for examples



# If not running interactively, don't do anything

[ -z "$PS1" ] && return



# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options

export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

# ... and ignore same sucessive entries.

export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth



# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,

# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.

shopt -s checkwinsize



# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)

[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"



# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)

if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then

    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)

fi



# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)

case "$TERM" in

    xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;

esac



# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned

# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window

# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt

force_color_prompt=yes



#if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then

#    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then

        # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48

        # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such

        # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)

        color_prompt=yes

#    else

        color_prompt=

#    fi

#fi



#if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then

#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

#else

#    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

#fi

#unset color_prompt force_color_prompt



# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir

#case "$TERM" in

#xterm*|rxvt*)

#    PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'

#    ;;

#*)

#    ;;

#esac



# Alias definitions.

# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like

# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.

# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.



if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then

    . ~/.bash_aliases

fi



# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases

if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then

    eval "`dircolors -b`"

    alias ls='ls --color=auto'

    #alias dir='ls --color=auto --format=vertical'

    #alias vdir='ls --color=auto --format=long'



    #alias grep='grep --color=auto'

    #alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'

    #alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'

fi



# some more ls aliases

#alias ll='ls -l'

#alias la='ls -A'

#alias l='ls -CF'



# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable

# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile

# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).

if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then

    . /etc/bash_completion

fi

/home/rozilla/.profile

Code:

# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.

# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login

# exists.

# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.

# the files are located in the bash-doc package.



# the default umask is set in /etc/profile

#umask 022



# if running bash

if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then

    # include .bashrc if it exists

    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then

        . "$HOME/.bashrc"

    fi

fi



# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists

if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then

    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

fi

/etc/bash.bashrc

Code:

# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.



# To enable the settings / commands in this file for login shells as well,

# this file has to be sourced in /etc/profile.



# If not running interactively, don't do anything

[ -z "$PS1" ] && return



# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,

# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.

shopt -s checkwinsize



# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)

#if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then

#    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)

#fi



# set a fancy prompt (non-color, overwrite the one in /etc/profile)

#PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '



# Commented out, don't overwrite xterm -T "title" -n "icontitle" by default.

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir

#case "$TERM" in

#xterm*|rxvt*)

#    PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'

#    ;;

#*)

#    ;;

#esac



# enable bash completion in interactive shells

#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then

#    . /etc/bash_completion

#fi



# sudo hint

if [ ! -e $HOME/.sudo_as_admin_successful ]; then

    case " $(groups) " in *\ admin\ *)

    if [ -x /usr/bin/sudo ]; then

        cat <<-EOF

        To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".

        See "man sudo_root" for details.

        

        EOF

    fi

    esac

fi



# if the command-not-found package is installed, use it

if [ -x /usr/lib/command-not-found ]; then

        function command_not_found_handle {

                # check because c-n-f could've been removed in the meantime

                if [ -x /usr/lib/command-not-found ]; then

                  /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/command-not-found -- $1

                  return $?

                else

                  return 127

                fi

        }

fi



# ANSI color codes

#This is so you don't have to write all that ANSI code over and over again.

#Now you can just use $FBLE to set foreground (text) to blue, instead of \[\033[34m\].

RS="\[\033[0m\]" # reset

HC="\[\033[1m\]" # hicolor

UL="\[\033[4m\]" # underline

INV="\[\033[7m\]" # inverse background and foreground

FBLK="\[\033[30m\]" # foreground black

FRED="\[\033[31m\]" # foreground red

FGRN="\[\033[32m\]" # foreground green

FYEL="\[\033[33m\]" # foreground yellow

FBLE="\[\033[34m\]" # foreground blue

FMAG="\[\033[35m\]" # foreground magenta

FCYN="\[\033[36m\]" # foreground cyan

FWHT="\[\033[37m\]" # foreground white

BBLK="\[\033[40m\]" # background black

BRED="\[\033[41m\]" # background red

BGRN="\[\033[42m\]" # background green

BYEL="\[\033[43m\]" # background yellow

BBLE="\[\033[44m\]" # background blue

BMAG="\[\033[45m\]" # background magenta

BCYN="\[\033[46m\]" # background cyan

BWHT="\[\033[47m\]" # background white



#------WELCOME MESSAGE---------------------

# customize this first message with a message of your choice.

# this will display the username, date, time, a calendar, the amount of users, and the up time.

clear

echo -e ""

echo -ne "Today is "; date

echo -e ""; cal ;

echo -ne "Uptime: ";uptime

echo "";



PS1="[$HC$BRED$HC$FYEL\t $HC$FWHT\u$HC$FGRN@$HC$FWHT\h:$RS $HC$FWHT\w]$HC$FYEL\$$RS "

/etc/profile

Code:

# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))

# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).



if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then

  for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do

    if [ -r $i ]; then

      . $i

    fi

  done

  unset i

fi



if [ "$PS1" ]; then

  if [ "$BASH" ]; then

    PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '

    if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then

        . /etc/bash.bashrc

    fi

  else

    if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then

      PS1='# '

    else

      PS1='$ '

    fi

  fi

fi



umask 022

LC_ALL=C

export LC_ALL

My problem is, the prompt sign for both normal user and root are the same: '$'. Instead of '#' for root.

What am I doing wrong? :-(