Customize Your Bash Prompt

Published on 06 March 2007

My bash customizations with .bashrc and .bash_profile files


Arul's bashrc customisations
export PS1='[33[31;1m[u@h][33[32;1mw[33[34;1m$ [33[0m'
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
export TERM=dtterm
export EDITOR=emacs

Legend:

PS1: sets the colourful prompt
TERM: sets the terminal type (may be required f you want colours in emacs and vim)

Screenshot:

Created on 06 March 2007

TAGS: bash

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