Change the default bash prompt

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2007-09-09 10:59 CEST

The default bash prompt in Ubuntu is a bit boring don't you think? To make the prompt more colorfull and create more room for those long command lines, change your /home/username/.bashrc and replace the PS1 variable with the following (on a single line).

PS1='\[\e[1;35m\]\n\t \u@\h [\[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[1;35m]\]\n\$ \[\e[0m\]'

For more info, see the Bash Prompt HOWTO