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How to put “glue” CWD (etc.) to part of the screen instead of putting into PS1?
I suspect there’s some terminology for this question that I’m not aware of. It’s hard to check if a question has already been answered if one doesn’t know the proper vocabulary. So, sorry if this is ...
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Can I configure bash to execute “clear” before every command typed in the console?
I would like to configure bash to execute clear command every time I type some command in the terminal (before executing my command). How can I do that?
I'm using Debian Linux.
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1answer
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When a command is over half the terminal size it breaks
Whenever I type in a bash command longer than about half the width of the shell window I'm in, the command breaks like it would if I filled the whole screen
3rd command in image - typed a few xs ...
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How can I output “temporarily” to the shell, like zsh tab completion does?
In zsh shell, when you hit Tab twice to get tab completion, your options are displayed below your prompt. But when you make a selection, the options disappear.
I have a little script that outputs ...
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3answers
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Bash history number not starting at 1?
I was customizing my bash prompt (I'm on OS X 10.7) when I came across something strange. Within my prompt I included !, which should give me the history number.
However the history number always ...
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2answers
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How to script /etc/issue?
I would like to pipe my tty number through figlet (ASCII generator) for the /etc/issue (message shown before login). Obviously this means I can't just update it from /etc/rc.local.
On my system ...
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1answer
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How to change tty login prompt?
To be clear, I am not referring to /etc/issue (shown before the prompt) or /etc/motd (shown after login), but the prompt itself, which is currently
hostname login:
For good measure, I am running ...
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2answers
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Strange Character in my Bash prompt?
I'm somewhat new to Bash prompts, but I was finally able to get things somewhat working. However, I have a strange character at the beginning of my prompt:
Here's my actual PS1 prompt:
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1answer
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terminal - having “$” instead of MyComputer:~ me$
Right now in my MacOS X terminal I have MyComputer:~ me$ before all the commands.
In some videos I saw they have just $ - that's much less clutter, how is it done?
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5answers
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Would it be possible to jump between prev/next command prompts?
I'm using zsh in OS X Terminal.app and for quite a while, I've been longing for a way to jump back and forth between prev/next prompts in the terminal's output.
One convenience with this would be to ...
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3answers
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Change the PS1 color based on the background color?
I learned that I can change the format of PS1, especially the color of the string. Then, is it possible to change the color based on the background color of the shell? Or, how can I detect the ...
