Questions tagged [prompt]
A string of characters displayed by interactive shells to signal the shell is waiting a user input.
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Corrupt prompt display after customizing it [duplicate]
I'm using GNU bash, version 4.4.23(1)-release and customized my prompt-look in ~/.bashrc via
PS1="\e[0;36m\\u:\e[m\e[0;32m\\w\e[m $ "
This gives me following look, including a lengthy command passed ...
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How do I add the parent directory to the command prompt(Mac Terminal)? [duplicate]
I am trying to customize my command prompt in the Mac Terminal by adding the parent directory to it.
For example, if I cd to my Desktop my command prompt would read,
Directory: Desktop, Parent ...
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Show time elapsed since I started last command in prompt
Is there a way to show time elapsed since I started last command? I found this: PS1 prompt to show elapsed time but that will show time elapsed since last command finished until the new command ...
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Customize zsh prompt to separately show tail of current working dir
So my current prompt looks like this:
~/path/to/dir %
If possible, I'd like it to show the topmost dir separately, like this:
~/path/to (dir) %
I've gotten close! In my .zshrc, I currently have: ...
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Why does my custom bash prompt glitch when browsing the history [duplicate]
I have set up a custom bash prompt so I can see stuff like the current git branch, npm package version info, the virtual env I'm in, etc. However, when i press the up arrow key to browse the history, ...
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What is this random name in my command-line prompt? [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out what this (obretschlt2-w7) is, from my command-line prompt. I'm using a conda environment, with the name µ_env, with my Username mu. However I can't figure out where the 2nd ...
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Bash prompt wrap broken when path has unicode (Greek) characters
When a path is too long to fit on the terminal and it wraps, the following prompt is broken and you can't see properly what is typed. See screenshot below:
These are the contents of .bashrc that set ...
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prompt (PS1) doesn't update on bound command
I don't understand why these two different ways to use the same command lead to different behaviors.
I've installed fzf and fd and have the following lines in .bashrc
function updir(){
cd ..
}
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Copy/paste doesn't work properly when changing prompt colors
Open a prompt, try to do this:
type this code: export PS1="\e[1;30m-30-\e[m >"
copy it with your mouse (select the code + copy it (I have auto-copy when I select with the mouse enabled))
close the ...
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BASH: how can I save the exit code in PS1 in order to use it later in PS1?
I am attempting to customize my PS1, in the following way (I have removed the colours):
PS1='\u@\h:\w$(git_branch)$(useExitCode)\$ '
where
git_branch()
{
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[...
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Is it possible to display PS2 prompt/ellipsis when long bash command wraps?
Suppose I have this PS1 and PS2 prompts.
PS1$>
and
PS2$>
How can I display PS2 prompt when the command on PS1 wraps? like this:
PS1$> this is the bash command and it will
PS2$> wrap ...
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ZSH Prompt printing '[m' instead of '%'
I added a battery function to my vim statusline here's a link. It displays my battery correctly in vim and if I run $ acpi | grep -oP "(\d+)%" it returns some number followed by the percent sign (as ...
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How to set shell prompt?
My shell prompt appears to have changed. I am not sure what I did to cause it.
How it appears now:
bash-4.2$
How I want it to appear:
robinhood@ubuntu$
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Line wrap broken when PS1 contains a newline
I recently started using linux and thought it would be useful to be able to see the working directory (not just the basename) so changed the ~/.bashrc file to this:
#
# ~/.bashrc
#
# If not running ...
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A status bar at bottom of terminal in place of PS1
It occurred to me that when I'm doing stuff in the terminal my PS1 is repeated several times for each command. My PS1 includes CWD and git branch so it can get reasonably long.
Is there a way I can ...
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How do I modify my conda env variable in my terminal prompt?
I would like to customize my terminal prompt. Normally when a conda environment is activated the name of the environment is prepended to the PS1 string. I would like to customize this a bit more but ...
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How to display bash prompt colors in tmux? [duplicate]
I'm using ubuntu 18.04 and tmux 2.6
echo $TERM in bash returns xterm-256color. In tmux it returns screen-256color
On my terminal it looks like this:
But when switching to tmux it looks like this
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Changing the color of git branch output?
In my .bash_profile I have a parse_git_branch function from the internet, and a PS1 to color some of my output.
If possible, I would like to make my git branch name colored red, instead of white.
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Set last command exit code to bash prompt
I am running Ubuntu 18.04, and I would like to set my bash prompt so it reads like below:
user:~/Documents [14:22:07] 1 $
My PS1 is as follows:
ALERT_COLOR="$(tput setaf 1)"
# Display unsuccessful ...
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Can I configure my .bashrc to highlight the fact that I'm in a Prod directory?
Currently, I'm using the following:
export CLICOLOR=1
export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=6
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[0;31m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\
[\033[01;32m\]\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\...
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Color codes in bash $PS1 not working in tmux
I have a colorized prompt set up in my .bash_profile:
export PS1="\[\033[0:33m\]testprompt@\h\[\033[00m\] "
Outside of tmux I get a colored prompt reading testprompt@hostname.
Inside a tmux ...
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Ignore PS1 for “Use Bright Colors for bold text” setting
I'm on a Mac using iTerm2. There is a setting called Draw bold text in bright colors; the problem with this setting is that it also affects my PS1 text. Is there a way to do it for everything except ...
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Show/hide history index in console
Via Putty, i log onto a SuSe linux machine.
Suddenly, a percentage value appeared behind the commandline. Looks like that:
[<DOMAIN>\<USER>@<HOST>:/home] 544%
It seems the value ...
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Multi-line commands are messed up in my PS1
declare __host='\[\e[30;102m\] \h \[\e[0m\]';
declare __dir='\[\e[1;97;44m\] \w \[\e[22m\]';
declare __arrow='\[\e[1m\]▸ \[\e[0m\]';
function __git_status() {
local info;
info=$(__git_info) &&...
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/etc/bashrc overrides my settings in home .bashrc
i have the following code for my prompt in .bashrc in home dir:
PS1_TIME='\033[01;31m\]\t \033[01;32m\]'
PS1_USERNAME='\[\e[1;36m\]\u\e[1;37m\]@\e[1;32m\]\h\[\033[00m\]'
PS1_LOCATION='\[\033[01;34m\]\...
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Bash behaves weird when PS1 contains wide unicode characters
I'm trying to customize the bash prompt and here is my PROMPT_COMMAND
prompt_command() {
local time="${BLUE}\t${RESET}"
local user="${GREEN}\u${RESET}"
local hostname="${GREEN}\H${RESET}"
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Process prompt directives inside $psvar without PROMPT_SUBST
I'm using precmd to generate a coloured git status in my prompt.
I generate a sting like %F{green}master%f%F{red}%f, and assign it to $psvar[1].
My prompt includes %1v to display the text.
However, ...
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Zsh Prompt Overwriting Itself
I am having a problem with zsh and zprezto where on error my cursor will shift to the left by two chars, overwriting part of the prompt. I have reverted my prompt file back to the original version, ...
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Bash search prompt overlapping value
Running a docker alpine container, my PS1 is:
PS1="\u@\h:\w\$ "
So when logging into the container, you get
root@worker:/$
So if I type in something like
root@worker:/$ cd /tmp/dir/path
And then ...
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CentOS LiveCD Boot Prompt?
Booting CentOS LiveCD and received a prompt (see image). What is this for?
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How to add image to Linux prompt? [duplicate]
I was just watching a video and came across the below prompt
Seems like lightening image is at the first and some big arrow like structure to display the directory path. Do you know how to do this in ...
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When was the environment variable PS1 created?
I've always seen reference to pwd as being very essential 'back in the day'. These days we have customized command prompts like PS1 that display the current directory and pwd is pretty outmoded. But ...
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Set PS1 based on the number of jobs
From Bash's manual (Controlling the Prompt]1):
\j the number of jobs currently managed by the shell.
\$ If the effective uid is 0, #, otherwise $.
What I'd like is to set PS1 to
[some-string] $
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Bash prompt changes for different users
With our latest hardware/OS refresh, we implemented FQDN throughout our domain. We are now having a problem getting the correct prompt in our terminal sessions when we ssh into a remote site. This ...
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How to get background and foreground color values from xrdb in shell script?
As in how can I get the *.foreground color value obtained with xrdb -query assigned to a variable in the script.
I'm trying to get both background and foreground colors into two variables that will ...
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Why is initramfs dropping to a shell after installing Ubuntu next to a Windows 10 installation?
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS via Live USB on an ASUS Zenbook 13 UX331UN that is shipped with a preinstalled Windows 10. It is a UEFI system with secure boot enabled and fast boot disabled. I'm ...
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colorize hostname in command line prompt [duplicate]
I wish to set a custom color for the hostname portion of my command line prompt (in bash).
In my .bashrc file, the default command line prompt is:
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
To colorize the hostname only, ...
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Terminal / bash - $HOME is not displayed as ~ [duplicate]
When starting Terminal (bash), my prompt is: user@pc:/mnt/home/stud/user.
Executing cd ~ it changes to user@pc:~ and pwd now is /home/stud/user as in getent passwd.
I soft linked /home/stud to /mnt/...
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Time appearing after text in fish prompt
I'm on a mac and I'm using iTerm2, although this still happens in Apple's terminal. This doesn't happen in bash or any other prompt. Changing my fish_prompt doesn't affect this. I have no idea what's ...
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Terminal prompts have a mysterious [I] in it
I have been using fish shell for a while, but only recently got into playing around with the oh-my-fish framework and theming the prompt.
I cannot figure out what this [I] character means! In most ...
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Strange behavior of PS3 and PS4 prompt variables
I know that it's possible to customize the prompt (as detailed in the 6.9 Controlling the Prompt section from Bash manual) and I have done it for a while, but I recently noticed some strange behavior.
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Command substitution not occurring for PS1 variable in zsh
I'm having the hardest time trying to get dynamically evaluated command output in my PS1 prompt with zsh on Ubuntu 17.10. Here are a few attempts I've made (I begin in directory /abc, and the prompt ...
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Powerline and gdb
GDB in TUI-Mode shows strange behaviour. I'm using powerline and it seems that the font is the wrong one. Exist there a solution to have a pretty command line?
How can I invoke a program not using ...
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Make a bash PS1 that counts streak of 'correct' commands
My goal is to have a bash prompt that displays a shortened username, a shortened path in blue, and a counter variable that gets reset every time I mistype a command (which I will check with $?, though ...
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How to reset the bash command number \#
The command number in bash specifies the number of commands typed since logging in as that user to whatever terminal you have open. It can be seen in your PS1 with \#, such as in
export PS1="\! \# \\$...
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bash prompt has a unknown prefix
console show strange prompt prefix like this:
;user@centos:~[user@centos ~]$ echo $PS1
[\u@\h \W]\$
;user@centos:~[user@centos ~]$
this problem just appear in console, ssh remote login no this ...
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ssh shows no prompt and authentication fails
I have a VPS running Debian 7 which I use to access through ssh for as long as 4 years.
Now, suddenly, when I try to connect to it, no prompt for password is shown, although the connection to remote ...
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Commands are overwriting prompt after certain length [duplicate]
After I made some changes, on Debian 9, to my prompt, it start behave.. strange. Like you see bellow, it start wrapping after command overflow certain length.
I wanna keep it simple, so only thing I ...
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Display git branch in terminal
I am using fedora OS and I want to display git branch or tag in terminal when I go into the git folder project.
I follow this tutorial. After I ran:
source /usr/share/git-core/contrib/completion/git-...
