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green sun
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 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject: Bash Prompt Issues |
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Ok, lets just start this out with the disclaimer that I'm no expert with bash by any means... 
I wanted to change my prompt in Konsole to be a bit more user friendly, so I added the following to my .bashrc
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export PS1="\e[36;1m\T \e[32;1m\u@\h\e[33;1m/\w \e[32;1m\$>\e[37;1m "
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Which gives me what I want for a prompt, but when I type in a long command string, the cursor jumps to the start of the prompt and begins to overwrite it. Is there something Im missing in my export command? |
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fifo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Try this instead:
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export PS1="\[\033[01;36m\]\T \[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[01;33m\]\w \[\033[01;32m\]\$>\[\033[00m\] "
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Mongoose5
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Here you go
| Code: | | export PS1="\[\033[36;1m\]\t \[\033[32;1m\]\u@\h\[\033[33;1m\]\w \[\033[32;1m\]\$>\[\033[00m\] " |
edit ...
DOH, I guess somebody else filled this in while I looked at it... |
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jukka
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 12:32 am Post subject: |
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use single instead of double quotes, or double-escape the dollar sign (\\$ instead of \$) to make the $ become a # when logged in as root.
btw: how can you like those ugly colours?  |
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green sun
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 2:31 am Post subject: |
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That did it.. thanks everyone. I'll go back & pour over it to make sure I understand why it works...
| jukka wrote: | use single instead of double quotes, or double-escape the dollar sign (\\$ instead of \$) to make the $ become a # when logged in as root.
btw: how can you like those ugly colours? |
Hmm? For everyone who doesnt try the prompt, time is in cyan, user & machine in green & pwd in yellow, with terminating prompt in green. On a black background the yellow stands out enough to give me the most important piece of info, where I am, and the green stands out only when I really look (I dont need to know *who* I am as often). I'll agree the color for time is blech... contrasts too much. I should poke around for a better one. |
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