Nice bash shell prompt examples.

This is a very simple, but nice shell prompt. PS1="\[\033[38;5;49m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;43m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;39m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\$?:\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]"PS1="\[\033[38;5;49m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;43m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;39m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\$?:\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]" This is what it looks like. /home/robert/Desktop:mycomputer@mario:0:$/home/robert/Desktop:mycomputer@mario:0:$ Another nice bash shell prompt. PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ "PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ " It looks like this. Not as good, but simpler than the above example. -12:01:11– … Read more

More awesome shell tricks for the Linux command line. This is using the bash shell.

This is another way to see where you are in the directory stack. homer@deep-thought ~/Documents/basenew $ echo $DIRSTACK ~/Documents/basenewhomer@deep-thought ~/Documents/basenew $ echo $DIRSTACK ~/Documents/basenew Here is another way to show the $PWD value one directory down from where you are now. homer@deep-thought ~/Documents/basenew $ echo $OLDPWD /home/homer/Documentshomer@deep-thought ~/Documents/basenew $ echo $OLDPWD /home/homer/Documents This example shows … Read more