Tag: PS1

Some very useful Linux tips and tricks.

To read a file from the Internet using wget and print it in the terminal, use this command. ┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents] └──╼ $wget -qO – https://i.mjh.nz/au/Brisbane/raw-tv.m3u8┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents] └──╼ $wget -qO – https://i.mjh.nz/au/Brisbane/raw-tv.m3u8 View an image from the Internet with wget and the ImageMagik display utility. ┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents] └──╼ $wget -qO – https://i.4cdn.org/g/1603231784644.png | display┌─[jason@jason-desktop]─[~/Documents]…

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Nice bash shell prompt examples.

This is a very simple, but nice shell prompt. PS1="\[\033[38;5;49m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;43m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;39m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\$?:\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]"PS1="\[\033[38;5;49m\]\w\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;43m\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;39m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]:\$?:\\$\[$(tput sgr0)\]" This is what it looks like. /home/robert/Desktop:mycomputer@mario:0:$/home/robert/Desktop:mycomputer@mario:0:$ Another nice bash shell prompt. PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ "PS1="-\t– \u@\h [\w]\$ " It looks like this. Not as good, but simpler…

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Very useful bash PS1 prompts.

A very colorful example that will really stand out. 4.4 Wed Aug 29 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ Here is the code for this example. export PS1="\[\033[38;5;39m\]\v\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;83m\]\d\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;201m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;196m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;51m\]\H\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;82m\]\l\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]: \\$ \[$(tput sgr0)\]"export PS1="\[\033[38;5;39m\]\v\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;83m\]\d\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\] \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;201m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;196m\]@\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;51m\]\H\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[38;5;15m\]…

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Nice Linux prompts to liven up your terminal.

This is a nice script to build a custom PS1 that looks awesome and is simple too. export PROMPT_COMMAND=__prompt_command function __prompt_command() { local EXIT="$?"   local DEFAULT=’\[\e[0m\]’   local RED=’\[\e[0;31m\]’ local GREEN=’\[\e[0;32m\]’ local DARK_GRAY=’\[\e[0;90m\]’ local PURPLE=’\[\e[0;35m\]’ local YELLOW=’\[\e[0;33m\]’   PS1="\n${GREEN}\t${DEFAULT} "   if [ "$EXIT" != "0" ]; then PS1+="${RED}$EXIT${DEFAULT}…

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