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Extending the Bash Prompt

Issue 64

From Issue #64
August 1999

Aug 01, 1999  By Giles Orr
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Terminal and xterm prompts can be created incorporating standard escape sequences to give user name, current working directory, time and more.
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you can use the tput utility

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Submitted by norpan (not verified) on Fri, 01/12/2007 - 11:39.

you can use the tput utility to avoid typing escape sequences and have it work on any terminal. Just use for instance $(tput setaf 1) instead of \e[31m.

xterm/xfterm4

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/04/2005 - 21:52.

how about the title prompt in tthe bar up top? what is the code for that? I have:

function combo {
PS1="\[\033[01;34;01m\]\333\262\261\260\[\033[01;37;44m\]\u@\h\[\033[00;34;40m\]\260\261\262\333\[\033[00;34;40m\]\333\262\261\260\[\033[01;37;40m\] \d \$(date +%I:%M:%S%P)\n\[\033[01;33;40m\]$PWD>\[\033[00m\] "
PS2="\[\033[01;34;01m\]\333\262\261\260\[\033[00;34;40m\]\260\261\262\333\[\033[00;34;40m\]\260\261\262\333\[\033[00;34;40m\]\333\262\261\260\[\033[01;01;34m\]>\[\033[00m\] "
}
combo

and it just says "xterm" at the top title of the xterm--not the screen prompt, that is correct. Am I making sense? I have code for it, but i get my old hostname there, but the correct hostname at the screen prompt. I hope this makes sense...

USA bash prompt

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Submitted by s7even (not verified) on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 13:43.

patriot or pirate....latter or former.

here's the fruit of some wasted productivity.
USA the _______.

pieces

PS1="\033[44m*****\033[41m \033[0m\n\033[44m*****\033[47m \033[0m\n\033[44m*****\033[41m \033[0m\n\033[47m \033[0m\n\033[41m \033[0m \$ "

ps,,, BSD rules =P

BSD ruled

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Submitted by humbletech99 (not verified) on Tue, 01/17/2006 - 03:56.

BSD did rule, but now is the time of GNU/Linux where newer, younger, stronger challengers are here, bring on Gentoo...

Also, death to 1000 distros, let's concentrate on 3 good ones...
(take note Mr Shuttleworth - you should be working for Debian, not seeking personal glory riding their coattails...)

Oh, and thanks for the article, LINUX Journal.

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