On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:03:15 -0600, you wrote: >If you just want your shell prompt to be what it used to be, issue > >export PS1="[\u@\h \W]\$" > >PS1 is the prompt variable... > I put this one together a few years ago and I really like it. It makes the prompt red when you're root and green if you're a regular user. Handy when you're jumping back and forth. Stick it at the end of /etc/bashrc if [ `id -un` = root ]; then PS1='\[\033[1;32m[\033[1;35m\]\u@\h\W\[\033[1;32m]\033[1;32m\]\$\[\033[1;0m\]' else PS1='\[\033[1;32m[\033[1;36m\]\u@\h\W\[\033[1;32m]\033[1;32m\]\$\[\033[1;0m\]' fi Home dir prompt will look like this: [fpineau@snafu ~]$ (plus color, of course)
