I would like to customize a terminal’s detail that I don’t know the name, so it’s being hard to Google it. My terminal currently has the following layout:
user@hostname:current_dir>
Example:
renatov@dellnote:/usr/bin>
I don’t really like this layout (or whatever name this ‘thing’ has). I would like to change it to something else, for example:
user <current_dir> $
Could someone help me, please? If someone told me what is the name of this ‘thing’ I’m trying to customize, I would be able to Google it
On Thu 13 Feb 2014 04:46:01 AM CST, renatov wrote:
I would like to customize a terminal’s detail that I don’t know the
name, so it’s being hard to Google it. My terminal currently has the
following layout:
Code:
user@hostname:current_dir>
Example:
Code:
renatov@dellnote:/usr/bin>
I don’t really like this layout (or whatever name this ‘thing’ has). I
would like to change it to something else, for example:
Code:
user <current_dir> $
Could someone help me, please? If someone told me what is the name of
this ‘thing’ I’m trying to customize, I would be able to Google it
Hi
That is called PS1 and an alternative PS2, so to change it to the
above, it would be;
export PS1="$USER `pwd` $"
This command can be added to your ~/.basrc file or which ever shell
you using. Look at man bash then /PS1 <enter> to search and find the
other options.
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I used a bashrc generator to customize a very good looking $PS1. I added the following code to both my user’s ~/.bashrc and root’s ~/.bashrc so they have different $PS1 variables:
# Custom PS1if $(id -u) -eq 0 ];
then # root
export PS1="\\e[01;31m\]\u\\e[0m\]\\e[01;37m\]:\\e[0m\]\\e[00;37m\] \w \\e[0m\]\\e[01;31m\]#\\e[0m\]\\e[00;37m\] \\e[0m\]"
else # normal user
export PS1="\\e[01;31m\]\u\\e[0m\]\\e[00;37m\] \w] \\e[0m\]\\e[01;34m\]\$\\e[0m\]\\e[00;37m\] \\e[0m\]"
fi
On 2014-02-13 05:46, renatov wrote:
> I don’t really like this layout (or whatever name this ‘thing’ has). I
> would like to change it to something else, for example:
Notice that the default setting, which is not that simple, contains the
machine name because people can ssh from one machine to another, and it
is useful to know what machine you are at.
You should not remove the machine name unless you are never going to
work with networked machines.
On Thu 13 Feb 2014 08:46:01 AM CST, renatov wrote:
I used a ‘bashrc generator’ (http://bashrcgenerator.com/) to customize a
very good looking $PS1, but now root has the same $PS1 as my user, so it
doesn’t appear a “#” when I login as root with su. How do I customize it
to providing different $PS1 variables to root and other users?
I tryed this code in my ~/.bashrc but it didn’t work:
Hi
Using that implies that you would not use su - (which should be used
when switching to root). In openSUSE there are some configuration
tweaks to make it color red. Only set you user profile, then set up the
root one in that account .bashrc.
If system wide then you need to look at /etc/bash.bashrc (make a backup
copy before making changes!).
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