Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:37:33 +0200 From: albi <albi@scii.nl> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bash: Setting Prompt Message-ID: <20050518123733.44e79cd5.albi@scii.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0505180625030.2400@Treneq> References: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0505180625030.2400@Treneq>
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 06:26:53 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote:
> PS1="\u@\h \w "
> case 'id -u' in
> 0) PS1="${PS1}# ";;
> *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";;
> esac
--- cut ---
> It is suppose to set the prompt to display the 'user@host' and the working
> directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user. Everything works except
> for the '#' and '$' symbols. The '$' symbol is always displayed.
this is what i use :
case $UID in
0) PS1="\[\033[1;31m\][ \u@\h:\w] #\[\033[0m\] ";;
*) PS1="\[\033[2;36m\][ \u@\h:\w] $\[\033[0m\] ";;
esac
you could use this and remove the colours if you like
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