bash
As a default, the terminal prompt shows something like:
user@system:/folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4$
the deeper you go into the filesystem, the less space is left for typing in commands. Can I change this to only show something like:
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I mean, I can just type pwd to show where I am at. 😉
You can edit the settings editing the file: ~/.bashrc.
Open the file: gedit ~/.bashrc.
Look for the line with #force_color_prompt=yes and uncomment (delete the #).
Look for the line below if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then that should looks like:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
Pay attention at the part \u@\h it is saying "user@host" and the number before it \[\033[01;32m\] indicates the color. This is what you have to change. For example, lets change the user to purple, the "@" to black and host to green. Edit the line so it looks like:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;35m\]\u\[\033[01;30m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
Result:
The colors numbers are:
Black 0;30 Dark Gray 1;30 Blue 0;34 Light Blue 1;34 Green 0;32 Light Green 1;32 Cyan 0;36 Light Cyan 1;36 Red 0;31 Light Red 1;31 Purple 0;35 Light Purple 1;35 Brown 0;33 Yellow 1;33 Light Gray 0;37 White 1;37
I didn't get it to work with x-terminal-emulator, but with the standard gnome terminal.
user@MacBookPro:~$ gnome-terminal --working-directory=~/code/ruby/my-main-proj
Hope this helps.
Best Answer
That results in
oli@bert:for my prompt.If you really want something as minimalist as you ask for, try this:
You can attach that to the end of your
~/.bashrcfile to have it persist between logins.You can also get creative with some colours. Here's what I use on my servers:
Giving (it's easier to see on a full black background):
Glossary of acceptable characters in PS1