I’m looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt[1]. I’d love to see yours! 😊 If possible, include both the prompt’s PS1
, and a screenshot/example of what it looks like.
References
- Type: Documentation. Title: “Bash Reference Manual”. Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
- §6.9 “Controlling the Prompt”. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
Crossposts:
I use zsh, but my old Bash prompt looks almost the same as my Zsh prompt. Sorry, no screenshot, but here’s the code:
export PS1='\[\033[01;34m\][\[\033[01;37m\] \W\[\033[01;34m\]]\$\033[01;34m\] $(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '^*' | colrm 1 2)\n\033[01;34m└─>\033[37m '
C:\>
/s
Do you have anything to check whether the current directory is under
/media/
or/mnt/
so that you can change the drive letter according to a deterministic assignment?/s
export PS1="\[\e[31m\][\[\e[m\]\[\e[38;5;172m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[38;5;153m\]\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[38;5;214m\]\W\[\e[m\]\[\e[31m\]]\[\e[m\]\\$ "
Maybe you can find some inspiration here.
I’m using fish and the default is enough for anybody. 😁
Mine’s pretty simple:
## .bashrc export BLA=$(tput setaf 0) # Black export RED=$(tput setaf 1) # Red export GRE=$(tput setaf 2) # Green export YEL=$(tput setaf 3) # Yellow export BLU=$(tput setaf 4) # Blue export MAG=$(tput setaf 5) # Magenta export CYA=$(tput setaf 6) # Cyan export WHI=$(tput setaf 7) # White export BOL=$(tput bold) # Bold export ITA=$(tput sitm) # Italic export UL=$(tput smul) # Underline export NC=$(tput sgr0) # No color & format _branch() { local branch=$(__git_ps1 "%s") if [[ -z $branch ]]; then printf "${BLA}null${NC}" else printf "${CYA}$branch" fi } PS1='.\[$(_pwd)\] \[$BLA\]〜 \[$MAG\]git\[$BLA\]:\[$(_branch)\] \n \[$NC$CYA\]\! \[$MAG\]\$ \[$NC\]' ## .inputrc set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[34m\2.INS set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[33m\2.CMD
Ok after viewing your prompts I noticed that mine is kinda lame
PS1='\[\e[1m\][\[\e[92m\]\u\[\e[0m\]@\[\e[96;1;3m\]\h\[\e[0;1m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[1m\][\[\e[38;5;226m\]\w\[\e[39m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[97;1m\]~\[\e[92;5m\]\$\[\e[0m\] '
Note: The “$” prompt flashes like a typical cursor.
export PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h:\w\a\]\[\e[1;34m\]\u@\h:\w\[\e[0m\]\$ "
I am a simple man.
I like Liquid Prompt[1] (A useful adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh) Examples:
θ70° 2z termight@zone51:~ $ vi .bashrc
θ71° 2z termight@zone51:~/docker/invidious master(+34/-17)* ±
$
or#
, depending on whether I’m root.Prompt is pretty simple, mainly just adjusted coloring and added a timestamp.
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;36;01m\]\t \[\033[01;32m\]\u@\[\033[01;37;01m\]\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;36m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
Mine is just status(if not zero) and wd
computer /usr/share/ $>
[username@host ~]$ >