Let's colorize the BASH prompt.
This was my original prompt... so sad!!
eze@LinuxServer:~$
And the culprit:
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
Where:
PS1=' <-- This means "Primary Prompt"
\u <-- Username
@\ <-- @
h:\ <-- Hostname and Colon
w\ <-- Tilde
@\ <-- @
h:\ <-- Hostname and Colon
w\ <-- Tilde
$ ' <-- Dollar sign with a blank space
So, let's put some joy to it.
PS1='
\033[1;31m\]\u\ <-- Red username
[\033[1;37m\]@\ <-- Strong white @
[\033[1;36m\]\h\ <-- Cian hostname
[\033[1;37m\]:\ <-- Strong white Colon
\033[1;31m\]\u\ <-- Red username
[\033[1;37m\]@\ <-- Strong white @
[\033[1;36m\]\h\ <-- Cian hostname
[\033[1;37m\]:\ <-- Strong white Colon
[\033[1;34m\]\w\ <-- Blue tilde
[\033[0;37m\]\$ ' <-- Soft white money money (dollar sign) with the respective blank space
[\033[0;37m\]\$ ' <-- Soft white money money (dollar sign) with the respective blank space
This is the result:
eze@LinuxServer:~$
Yep, that's better.
The PS line would look like this:
PS1='\033[1;31m\]\u\[\033[1;37m\]@\[\033[1;36m\]\h\[\033[1;37m\]:\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0;37m\]\$ '
And because this is an Ubuntu server, the actual PS line looks like this:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[1;31m\]\u\[\033[1;37m\]@\[\033[1;36m\]\h\[\033[1;37m\]:\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0;37m\]\$ '
Here's an example:
eze@LinuxServer:~/Scripts$
So, you want more colors?
Here are a few links to pages I used to tune up my BASH prompt.
Cheers!!
