What is a bash prompt?
A bash prompt is the text you see on your terminal when you log in. Different OS's have it setup different ways. Once example is
Another is
unixfoo ~
Now, Being a typical open source community person, i want to change anything and everything on my system to custom fit my likes and disklikes. So naturally I want to change this to look cooler, and even add some colors.
How do I use this thing?
Well you will basically be creating your bash prompt on this page and pasting it into your terminal so it looks perty. Take a look at these few examples, check out the color and option charts below, and get started.
Misc options
\W - short directory
\w - long directory
\t - time (hh:mm:ss)
\s - shell
\d - date (sat jul 22)
\h - hostname
\u - user
Your color selections are...
**PLEASE note that you should end your prompt with the <white> code so what you type in the terminal will be white.
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