Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 19:04:49 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: Francisco.Reyes@i-2000.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colored prompts in BASH Message-ID: <199605141704.TAA09053@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199605132218.PAA10714@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > At work there is one Linux computer and the bash shell there > > has color prompts for different types of files. I have FreeBSD > > at home and I would like to have colored prompts. > > > > I have searched in the Bash FAQ and did not find anything > > regarding colored prompts. I tried the man pages also. > > > > Is this a feature available to Linux only? > > -------------- > > > > If this is a Linux feature would it be too difficult to introduce to > > FreeBSD? > > Perhaps it could go into the "low priority" list of things to do. > > Install the packages: > > 1) color_xterm color_xterm does not show color_ls produced sequences always. At least it doesn't when remotely logging into a host vi a color_xterm. It shows nothing (black characters on black background :-) I don't know at the moment whether it is a stty setting or something else causing this. Anyway it's funny when you see an empty directory until you suddenly realize that you are using color_ls. It causes more harassing than it benefits. > > 2) color_ls > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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