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From: Mario Hoerich <lists@MHoerich.de>
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# Thanos Tsouanas:
> I dont really care for the color of the prompt, but I would like
> to see what i type (input) with a specific color.
[...]
> In short, i would like the color to end upon \n...

I think you can do this with

    alias postcmd 'echo "<ESC>[0m"'

For the <ESC> character, press ctrl-v and then esc
(which inserts a ^[-character as literal). 

HTH,
Mario
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