On 2017-11-11 03:28, Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Steven Haigh <[email protected]> wrote:
For what its worth, I've been using this for years:
PS1="\[\033[01;37m\]\$? \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"\[\033[01;32m\]
\342\234\223\"; else echo \"\[\033[01;31m\]\342\234\227\"; fi) $(if [[ ${EUID}
== 0 ]]; then echo '\[\033[01;31m\]\h'; else echo '\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h'; fi)\
[\033[01;34m\] \w \$\[\033[00m\] "
If you use single-quotes for PS1, you can use unescaped double-quotes
and dollar signs within it. It makes it more legible:
PS1='\[\033[01;37m\]$? $(if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then echo
"\[\033[01;32m\]\342\234\223"; else echo
"\[\033[01;31m\]\342\234\227"; fi) $(if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then echo
"\[\033[01;31m\]\h"; else echo "\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h";
fi)\[\033[01;34m\] \w \$\[\033[00m\] '
You might be better off using "printf" (it's a bash builtin) because
"echo" might not interpret escapes depending on the bash or shell
options that are set.
It works for him, apparently. So that's good. Now, in pedantic mode each of the
\033 strings can be changed to \e for easier readability.
{^_-}
