Questions tagged [prompt]
A string of characters displayed by interactive shells to signal the shell is waiting a user input.
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Uptime information updated in the command prompt
I want to put the uptime command information into the command prompt and have it updated every 750ms (regardless of whether I'm typing at the prompt or not).
I usually use bash but I've used zsh too, ...
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zsh prompt: check whether inside git repository and not being ignored by git
In my zsh shell, I am dynamically changing prompt depending on whether I am inside git repository or not. I am using following git command to check:
if $(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/...
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How do I get Powerline to produce the proper prompt arrows in Bash
There are several questions on this web site that are very similar to mine; however, the answers to those questions do not seem to solve my problem. To start out with let me describe my process thus ...
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Bash: adding history -a to PROMPT_COMMAND makes incorrect calculation of last command's wall time
To calculate last command's wall time I use this code (code #1):
#
# Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/34812608/9881330
# Slightly modified.
#
function timer_now {
date +%s%N
}
function ...
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Specify answer in shell script for Ubuntu
So I am trying to make a standard shellscript to install some standard software which are useful for me like net-tools, OpenSSH, Omada Controller and so on. As the standard .deb for the TP Link Omada ...
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Return control after command ends in Ubuntu
Apologies for this newbie question but I can't find the answer anywhere.
If I run the command systemctl in a SSH terminal accessing an Ubuntu VM in Azure, then it ends with lines 159-187/187 (END), it ...
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Terminal prompt wrapping incorrectly
I have an issue with my Ubuntu default terminal overwriting the current line when the prompt (specifically, the path that I am cding into) is quite large. I have closely followed the issue here: ...
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Why is Kali Linux not displaying symbol in the terminal?
My Kali Linux zsh terminal is not showing the default symbol. It displays a weird undefined box instead of the symbol
My Prompt
Original Prompt
I am not being able to figure out the exact problem. I ...
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Cannot get .bashrc PS1 configuration to render without issues
I essentially know what the problems is, in that I need to use \[...\] as a way to escape (non-space?) characters, and allow bash to correctly calculate the width of my prompt.
However, I cannot iron ...
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'(base)' appears at the prompt in Linux terminal [duplicate]
suddenly I have a "(base)" before the prompt of my terminal:
(base) name@computer:~
$
my prompt was defined in bashrc as
case "$TERM" in
xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=...
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Cursor appears at the beginning of command line [duplicate]
I'm having difficulty with specifying PS1 on Ubuntu 18.04.5. I use the following code in my .bashrc file and the result looks exactly as it should.
export PS1=$'\e[38;5;046m \u00AB\D{%y-%m-%d}\u00BB-[\...
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How do I get “other” colours in my bash prompt? [duplicate]
I've never coloured my bash prompt before, but after a quick googling I'm running:
PS1='\[\033[0;31m\]\u@\H:\[\033[0;33m\]\w\$\[\033[00m\] '
giving me red username/host followed by yellow working ...
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How to see what current prompt definition
I'm moving from bash to zsh and getting stuck on the prompt. My Manjaro defines it one way, Ubuntu another.
So I like, e.g. the prompt called "clint". But it's not exactly what I want. I can ...
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Bash prompt - octal representation of multibyte unicode characters works for prompt but not when run manually (same script)?
Given the shell script myPrompt.sh:
#!/bin/bash
printf "Llama \001\360\002\001\237\002\001\255\002\254 Llama $> "
... and the bash prompt configured to run above script:
alias myPrompt=&...
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Avoid saving commands with newlines to bash history
I'm trying to filter certain commands from bash history. I've read about HISTIGNORE, but I would like to avoid saving commands that have new lines, or commands longer than N characters.
I frequently ...
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How to update prompt PS1 in bash scripts
I would like to update the bash prompt inside a script. Essentially, I have to use a VPN to remotely work on another computer and would like it to get reflected by the bash prompt. Unfortunately ...
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Prompt Linux login has this < character instead of username@machine:
I have a problem with my Linux device.
After the boot-up sometimes the shell show me only this < character, I can run normal shell commands like ls/cat etc, but it shows me only 1 character. When I'...
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What is causing corrupted symbols in prompt? Suspect I'm missing an escape somewhere
I am getting some "corrupted" symbols diplaying both in my terminal prompt and also in the lowest portion of my vim instance. These seem to be some sort of color code reference, but I can't ...
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How does the escape character '\' work in bash prompt?
I started tweaking around with my bash prompt lately and I find myself not understanding how the escape character works. I have the following:
PS1="\[$RED\]\342\224\214\342\224\200"
In this ...
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How to remove path from /bin/bash line?
Is there a way to hide the path in the CLI line?
Right now I get this:
fresh_m2@bloedlvm:/srv/www/vhosts/$
I want it like this:
fresh_m2@bloedlvm$
Because if I go very deep into the folders, then ...
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Changes to PS1 in bash.bashrc are not reflected on the terminal's prompt
I want the prompt of all users to output date and time, and in file /etc/bash.bashrc I set:
PS1='\D{%Y%m%d}-\t~\u@\h \$ '
I reboot the system, and after I open a terminal, I see that my prompt has ...
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Customizing hostname in zsh prompt
I am using zsh with oh my zsh and I wanted to get a thing like this:
How can I do it? I want a setting to put somewhere, so that whenever I restart my terminal and my system, it always displays the ...
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How can a shell output affect the typed text after the command prompt?
I have experienced similar behaviour before, but only now I can reproduce it: Output from a command affecting the text after the next command prompt, ready to be Entered by the user.
Take the ...
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How can I block ~ symbol when I'm on /home/user directory?
I want to block ~ symbol when I'm in /home/user directory. I want this because I'm trying to make my Linux system look like Windows 10.
My current prompt look like
C:~/>
I want to make it look ...
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The values don't get updated in my custom command prompt when I hit enter
I am trying to make a custom command prompt that looks like this: [][][][]$, where the [] can be filled with custom information. For example, if I write in the console . file.sh 0 2 "date -R"...
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Overwrite bg color of zsh prompt
I'm using zsh with prompt fade, I do not have oh-my-zsh installed.
My terminal background is dark blue, not black, but the prompt is being printed on a black background.
How can I overwrite this so ...
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must PS1 string be reevaluated each time input enter
How to make the PS1 string always be reevaluated each time the user inputs the enter key at the shell prompt?
actual in mine:
n=A; PS1="$n"
n=B
The prompt keeps showing A. How to solve it?
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pad the prompt with dots if the length of the prompt is less than n
Thanks to Klas Mellbourn my current prompt looks like
# this variable can be changed later to change the fraction of the line
export PROMPT_PERCENT_OF_LINE=40
# make a function, so that it can be ...
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PasswordAuthentication=no flag does not work on one strange host
On my source REDHAT Linux 7 host i fire this command to never prompt for password and passwordless login
ssh -i /app/axmw/ssh_keys/id_rsa -o PasswordAuthentication=no root@<target-host> -vvv
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After adding a custom prompt in my .bashrc, the typing seems to repeat in the second line [duplicate]
So I edited my .bashrc and decided to add the following code:
bold=$(tput bold);
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
PS1="\[${bold}\e[38;2;171;178;191m[\e[m\]";
PS1+="\[${bold}\...
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Troubleshooting my PS1
I have a PS1 that looks like:
johnsmith@someserver:~
$ echo $PS1
\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\n$(exitstatus)
...
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is it possible that at the end of the prompt has a “$” when using root user?
I saw a prompt having the structure root@machine : /root $, does it mean that it is being used the root user?
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How to put updating data in the Bash command prompt?
I am trying to make a prompt that would show the current battery percentage, however if I have my code for setting PS1 in .bashrc the way that it's written then it only checks the data once when the ...
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zsh prompt losing customization when using `sudo su`
My current zsh prompt is:
prompt='%F{013}%2~%f$(git_super_status)%(?.%F{004}.%F{001}ā%?)$ %f'
It looks something like:
Documents/multi-git-status:masterā5ā2ā1ā¦$
However, when I use sudo su it ...
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add status of sudo session to PS1 without extending session
I can add the status of a sudo session to the bash prompt like this:
function sudo_active() {
if sudo -n /bin/true 2> /dev/null
then
printf '(sudo) '
fi
}
PS1="$PS1"'$...
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zsh does not reload functions in the prompt
I am trying to make the zsh prompt reload a function everytime a new prompt loads. The function outputs a version of pwd but shorter, if the output of pwd was ~/Downloads/Folder the function would ...
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Special characters don't work in bashrc
I've been looking to a tutorial on how to customize my terminal.
When I try to customize the PS1 into something like
PS1="\u@\h \W -> "
export PS1;
After I source the file in the terminal, ...
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Setting command color?
I'd like to set my command line colors in a way that the command I type is in different color than everything else.
This is my current PS1 setup:
PS1="\n\[\e[1;33m\]\w\[\e[1;30m\] \D{%F %T}\[\e[0m\]\...
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How to put the time string into the fish shell's prompt?
Currently I use this theme for fish, installed using fisher.
This is how it shows up now:
I would like the time string (e.g. 19:19) to be shown before the /m or after react or after the part with ...
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Asterisk: how to change the CLI color prompt?
The Asterisk wiki says that the color of the CLI prompt can be changed with %Cn[;n]. ie:
export ASTERISK_PROMPT="%C31[%H]: "
but when I use the export above, I get broken prompt [1;31m[voip]...
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My terminal has stopped sourcing my .profile file
I installed starship (https://starship.rs/) the other day to make my prompt more useful, and as cool as it is, it broke a number of things about my terminal so I uninstalled it.
Unfortunately, even ...
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How to include my virtual console ID in the prompt, in FreeBSD
When I use virtual consoles ALT-F<1~n> in FreeBSD, I want my 'zsh', 'sh' (and possibly other shells) startup scripts to include the virtual console number in the prompt, if it's not the default ...
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Can a unicode character be used for the zsh prompt instead of the '%' symbol?
Macbooks now default to zsh for new users. Existing users have the option of switching to it. I've made the switch and would like to make my prompt look the way it did in bash. I have this for the ...
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creating a command regarding FastANI output?
This question is regarding fastANI of working on metagenomics, using fastANI. I have calculated the average nucleotide identity using 25 samples as REFERENCE and the same 25 samples as QUERY. I have ...
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Launch new terminal instance with zsh using custom prompt string
I want to be able to launch a terminal emulator (preferably gnome-terminal) with interactive zsh running inside using a custom prompt string. I don't want to modify my default prompt string in .zshrc ...
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Terminal fish prompt blank
So I'm trying to change my fish shell terminal prompt but every time I change anything too complicated (beyond colour changes and rearranging the prompt), it just turns up blank.
I'm running Arch ...
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How do I get different colored prompt depending on server?
I use ssh all the time, but I sometimes forget which server I am on.
Can I using the same .bashrc (/home is NFS shared) have different colored prompt on different servers? Preferably without listing ...
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Difference between %F{color} and %{$fg[color]%} in zsh prompt
I noticed that there are two ways of setting the foreground color in your zsh prompt.
PROMPT='%F{blue}$'
PROMPT='%{$fg[blue]%}$'
Both of these lines will produce a blue $ as your prompt. Is there ...
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Does Korn shell have an equivalent feature to Bash's command_not_found_handle?
And does Korn shell have an equivalent to PROMPT_COMMAND?
In Bash, I'm able to make function calls with a parameter when a single input word matches a regular expression. Can Korn shell do this?
Let'...
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PS1 possibly making Bash text wrap to same line [duplicate]
I just configured my .bashrc file (PS1) to get a fancier bash prompt and now I have an issue, all my text is wrapping to the same line in the terminal
here is my PS1:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($...
