You can use ANSI escape sequences. For instance, in my .bash_profile my prompt is defined as:
PS1="\[\033[1;33m\][\033[0m\]\[\033[1;32m\]\u\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;34m\]@\[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;32m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\w\[\033[1;33m\]]\033[0m\]\$ " More information can be found here: http://www.dreaming.org/~giles/bashprompt/howto/c341.html -t On a remote moon of Endor, Brian Fallik's voice echoed: > Hi. I'm having problems getting colors to appear in my BASH prompt in Woody > (3.0). This is on a fresh install I just finished today. I've made very > few changes to the system so far. > > When I ssh (protocol v2) into my debian server, the prompt is monochrome. > I've tried to export the TERM variable several times using xterm-color, > linux, xterm-debian, and xtermc in .bashrc and .bash_profile. I've also > tried these same settings in the terminal-type string setting in putty. > Nothing works. > > However, once I'm ssh'ed into the server, if I su to the same account the > bash prompt is in color. echo $TERM produces the same output (the putty > setting) in both cases. > > Any suggestion on how to fix this? I've scoured google, google groups, and > debianhelp.org to no avail. What are other good resources I can use to > resolve this? > > I don't subscribe to this list so please copy me directly on any replies. > > Thanks, > brian > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- GPG fingerprint = 3FC5 2869 194C EE95 7A50 D482 5031 F8E7 E3C6 637C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
