On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 06:26:53AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> I have the following in my '.bash_profile' file.
> #
> # Set the prompt to display the '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and the working
> # directory with a '#' for root and '$' for user.
> #
> PS1="[EMAIL PROTECTED] \w "
> case 'id -u' in
> 0) PS1="${PS1}# ";;
> *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";;
> esac
Okay you can do that or if you are using bash 2.05 or above, just do
this
PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED] \w \$ '
The \$ is clever and is a # if you are root, and $ if you are not.
This is from my ~/.bashrc
export PS1='\[\e]2;\h:\w\a\e[1;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\]\$ '
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