Editing Linux 101 hacks (section)

=='''Hack 39. Display multiple colors in the prompt'''==


You can also display multiple colors in the same prompt. Add the following function to your ~/.bash_profile


function prompt {


<nowiki>local BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]" local DARK_BLUE="\[\033[1;34m\]” local RED=”\[\033[0;31m\]” local DARK_RED=”\[\033[1;31m\]” local NO_COLOR=”\[\033[0m\]” case $TERM in</nowiki>


<nowiki>xterm*|rxvt*) TITLEBAR=’\[\033]0;\u@\h:\w\007\]’</nowiki>


<nowiki>;;</nowiki>


<nowiki>*) TITLEBAR=”"</nowiki>


<nowiki>;;</nowiki>


esac


<nowiki>PS1=”\u@\h [\t]> ” PS1=”${TITLEBAR}\</nowiki>


<nowiki>$BLUE\u@\h $RED[\t]>$NO_COLOR ” PS2=’continue-> ‘ PS4=’$0.$LINENO+ ‘</nowiki>

}

You can re-login for the changes to take effect or source the .bash_profile as shown below.


$. ./.bash_profile


$ '''prompt'''


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