#+title: My BASH prompt (outdated) #&summary What my prompt used to do and what it looked like. #& #+license: bysa * My old BASH prompt I had a strange bash prompt. To use it, first, copy this into your ~.bashrc~: #+BEGIN_SRC sh function ps1lr { if [ $1 == 0 ]; then echo -ne "\033[42m\033[01;30m" else echo -ne "\033[41m\033[01;34m" fi length-extra-prepend $1 3 } function ps1sp { pwdw=$(($COLUMNS-20)) if (( $pwdw < 40 )); then pwdw=40 fi length-too-much-shorten "$(pwd | sed s%$HOME%~%)" $pwdw } #PROMPT_COMMAND="" PS1='\[\033[00m\]$(ps1lr $?)\[\033[45m\] \[\033[44m\]\[\033[01;37m\]\ $(date +%H:%M)\[\033[45m\] \[\033[46m\]\[\033[01;33m\]\ $(ps1sp)\[\033[00m\]\n\[\033[45m\]\[\033[01;33m\]\u\[\033[01;32m\]@\ \[\033[01;36m\]\h\[\033[43m\]\[\033[01;30m\]:\[\033[40m\]\ \[\033[01;33m\]\$\[\033[00m\] ' #+END_SRC Second, download [[bash-prompt-extras.tar.gz]] and put the included programs somewhere in =$PATH=&sh. * Not anymore I didn't actually need all the features.