linux ps1 code example

Example 1: bash edit prompt display appearance

# syntax:
# export PS1='<Format required>'

# example:
export PS1='\[\033[1;33m\]\u@\[\e[0;36m\]\h:\[\e[1;32m\]$(pwd)\[\e[1;32m\]>  \[\033[1;37m\]'

#===========================================================================================

# + ----------- + ----------------------------------------------------------- +
# | USABLE CODE |  WHAT THE CODE REPRESENTS                                   |
# + ----------- + ----------------------------------------------------------- +
# |     \u      | username                                                    |
# |     \h      | hostname                                                    |
# |     \w      | Full path of the current working directory (uses ~)         |
# |   $(pwd)    | Full path of the current working directory (doesn't use ~)  |
# |     \[      | Begin sequence of non-printing characters                   |
# |     \]      | End sequence of non-printing characters                     |
# + ----------- + ----------------------------------------------------------- +

# + -------- + ------------ + 
# |   CODE   | COLOR        | 
# + -------- + ------------ + 
# | \e[0;30m | Black        | 
# | \e[1;37m | White        | 
# | \e[0;31m | Dark Red     | 
# | \e[1;31m | Light Red    | 
# | \e[0;32m | Dark Green   | 
# | \e[1;32m | Light Green  | 
# | \e[0;33m | Dark Yellow  | 
# | \e[1;33m | Light Yellow | 
# | \e[0;34m | Dark Blue    | 
# | \e[1;34m | Light Blue   | 
# | \e[0;35m | Dark Pink    | 
# | \e[1;35m | Light Pink   | 
# | \e[0;36m | Dark Cyan    | 
# | \e[1;36m | Light Cyan   | 
# | \e[0;37m | Dark Gray    | 
# | \e[1;30m | Light Gray   | 
# + -------- + ------------ +

Example 2: options to customize $PS1 - 4

Special Characters to Customize PS1-4 
			  \a     an ASCII bell character (07)
              \d     the date in "Weekday Month Date" format (e.g.,  "Tue  May
                     26")
              \D     {format}
                     the  format  is  passed  to strftime(3) and the result is
                     inserted into the prompt string; an empty format  results
                     in a locale-specific time representation.  The braces are
                     required
              \e     an ASCII escape character (033)
              \h     the hostname up to the first `.'
              \H     the hostname
              \j     the number of jobs currently managed by the shell
              \l     the basename of the shell's terminal device name
              \n     newline
              \r     carriage return
              \s     the name of the shell, the basename of  $0  (the  portion
                     following the final slash)
              \t     the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \T     the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \@     the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
              \A     the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format
              \u     the username of the current user
              \v     the version of bash (e.g., 2.00)
              \V     the release of bash, version + patch level (e.g., 2.00.0)
	          \w     the  current  working  directory,  with $HOME abbreviated
                     with a tilde (uses the value of the PROMPT_DIRTRIM  vari-
                     able)
              \W     the basename of the current working directory, with $HOME
                     abbreviated with a tilde
              \!     the history number of this command
              \#     the command number of this command
              \$     if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $
              \nnn   the character corresponding to the octal number nnn
              \\     a backslash
              \[     begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which  could
                     be  used  to  embed  a terminal control sequence into the
                     prompt
              \]     end a sequence of non-printing characters
              
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