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slimbim
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 Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 3:48 am Post subject: command prompt always just say bash-2.05a$ |
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In KDE, or Gnome, or enlightenment, basically in any command prompt or shell window, the prompt is always just bash-2.05a$.
How do I make it so that it will show something like name@domain home$ or something so that I know which directory I am currently in?
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gfunkmonk
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 3:51 am Post subject: |
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try running it with the -ls option
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xterm -ls |
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rac
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 3:59 am Post subject: |
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- There's a section on prompts in the bash manual, available with "man bash"
- Check out this thread, which came up doing a forum search for "bash and prompt" in the Documentation, Tips & Tricks forum.
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slimbim
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 4:02 am Post subject: |
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that kind of works. If I open up xterm in Enlightenment, like
right-click --> User applications --> xterm, it will be just bash-2.05a$, but if I do xterm -ls within that first xterm, the new second xterm will be the way I want, with the directory and stuff.
Is there a way to set so that the first xterm that I will open from enlightenment or any window manager will be this way?
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slimbim
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 4:04 am Post subject: |
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oh ok. thank you rac and gfunkmonk.
rac, sorry that I seem a little annoying or not trying. I will not post from now on unless I've done everything to find out on my own.
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Logik
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credmp
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I actually use the following code in my .bashrc I found this on the internet somewhere (forgot exactly where.. think deskmod) and it is written by someone else.. but iy works very nicely 
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function set_hist_color {
# $? - exit value of last command
if [ $? -gt 0 ]
then
HIST_COLOR='1;31' # success
else
HIST_COLOR='1;30' # failure
fi
}
function display_clock {
LIGHT_BLUE="$(tput setaf 5; tput bold)"
DEFAULT="$(tput sgr0)"
CLOCK="[$LIGHT_BLUE$(date +%H:%M:%S)$DEFAULT]"
# <columns in display> - len($CLOCK)
let UPPER_RIGHT=$(tput cols)-10
tput sc
# change 1 to 0 if it is too low on the screen
tput cup 1 ${UPPER_RIGHT}
echo -n ${CLOCK}
tput rc
}
function prompt_command {
set_hist_color
# display_clock
}
function ps1 {
# Colour Macros
BLUE='\[\033[0;34m\]'
LIGHT_CYAN='\[\033[1;36m\]'
WHITE='\[\033[1;37m\]'
GREEN='\[\033[01;32m\]'
DEFAULT='\[\033[0m\]'
# Pre-Prompt Function
PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command
# Prompt
# \! - history number of last command
# $? - exit value of last command
# \t - exit time of last command
# \w - current directory (relative)
PS1="$BLUE[$GREEN\u@$LIGHT_CYAN\h \[\033[\$(echo -n \$HIST_COLOR)m\]\!$B LUE] $WHITE\W$LIGHT_CYAN\$ $DEFAULT"
}
ps1
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I had to make a fix in the display_clock code for aterm, see the comments.
anyways.. it makes a promtp like:
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[arjenw@jay 511] private$
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enjoy.
Arjen |
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rac
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 8:28 am Post subject: |
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OK, we already have a bash prompt thread that I posted a link to earlier. If anybody has a great prompt they'd like to share, that's the place. Locking.
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| rac wrote: | - Check out this thread, which came up doing a forum search for "bash and prompt" in the Documentation, Tips & Tricks forum.
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If anyone missed it earlier, this link is the preferred thread.
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