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====== Customizing Your Terminal' | ====== Customizing Your Terminal' | ||
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+ | When executing | ||
You will need to edit your '' | You will need to edit your '' | ||
- | You will define a PS1 variable and export it. | + | You will define a '' |
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+ | ===== Bash Escape Sequences ===== | ||
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+ | The allowed escape sequences allowed in the Bash prompt are decoded as follows: | ||
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+ | \a an ASCII bell character (07) | ||
+ | \d the date in " | ||
+ | | ||
+ | \e an ASCII escape character (033) | ||
+ | \h the hostname up to the first `.' | ||
+ | \H the hostname | ||
+ | \j | ||
+ | \l the basename of the shell' | ||
+ | \n | ||
+ | \r | ||
+ | \s | ||
+ | (the portion following the final slash) | ||
+ | \t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format | ||
+ | \T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format | ||
+ | \@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format | ||
+ | \u the username of the current user | ||
+ | \v the version of bash (e.g., 2.00) | ||
+ | \V the release of bash, version | ||
+ | | ||
+ | \w the current working directory | ||
+ | \W | ||
+ | \! the history number of this command | ||
+ | \# the command number of this command | ||
+ | \$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $ | ||
+ | \nnn | ||
+ | \\ a backslash | ||
+ | \[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, | ||
+ | which could be used to embed a terminal con | ||
+ | trol sequence into the prompt | ||
+ | \] end a sequence of non-printing characters | ||
+ | ===== Color Codes ===== | ||
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+ | |Black | ||
+ | |Red | ||
+ | |Green | ||
+ | |Brown | ||
+ | |Blue | ||
+ | |Purple | ||
+ | |Cyan | 0;36 || Light Cyan | 1;36| | ||
+ | |Light Gray | 0;37 || White | ||
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+ | ===== Examples ===== | ||
- | MORE DIRECTIONS TO COME... | ||
Here are some examples prompts: | Here are some examples prompts: | ||
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PS1=' | PS1=' | ||
- | # With Color: | + | Look at the escape sequences above to help you determine what the above prompt description means. |
- | PS1=" | + | |
+ | '' | ||
PS1=" | PS1=" | ||
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+ | This one would look like hostname: | ||
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+ | **With Color: | ||
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+ | PS1=" | ||
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export PS1=" | export PS1=" | ||