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--- labs:custom_prompt [2009/09/24 19:47] – admin
+++ labs:custom_prompt [2022/01/20 20:15] – [Color Codes] admin
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 You will need to edit your ''~/.bashrc'' file using a text editor (e.g., emacs, vim, nano, gedit, ...)
-You will define a PS1 variable and export it.
+You will define a ''PS1'' variable and export it.
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 ===== Color Codes =====
-|Black   |    0;30   ||  Dark Gray   |  1;30|
+|Black   |    0;30   || Dark Gray   |  1;30|
-Blue        0;34     Light Blue    1;34
+|Red       |  0;31  || Light Red    | 1;31|
-Green       0;32     Light Green   1;32
+|Green     |  0;32   || Light Green |  1;32|
-Cyan        0;36     Light Cyan    1;36
+|Brown     |  0;33  || Yellow       | 1;33|
-Red         0;31     Light Red     1;31
+|Blue     |   0;34   || Light Blue   | 1;34|
-Purple      0;35     Light Purple  1;35
+|Purple    |  0;35  ||  Light Purple  |1;35|
-Brown       0;33     Yellow        1;33
+|Cyan      |  0;36   || Light Cyan  |  1;36|
-Light Gray  0;37     White         1;37
+|Light Gray | 0;37  || White       |  1;37|
 ===== Examples =====
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   PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
-# With Color:
+Look at the escape sequences above to help you determine what the above prompt description means.  The prompt would print out something like
-  PS1="\[\e[0;35m\]\u@\h \W\$ \[\e[00m\]"
+''[user@home currdir]$ ''
   PS1="\h:\W \u\$"
+This one would look like hostname:currdir
+**With Color:**
+  PS1="\[\e[0;35m\]\u@\h \W\$ \[\e[00m\]"
   export PS1="\[\e[1;31m\]\h:\W \u\$ \[\e[00m\]"