Yesterday I published an article called "Pimp My Prompt … like Paul Irish" in which I showed how to make your BASH prompt similar to the one used by Paul Irish.
I also included a couple of sample prompts that you could use for reference so I figured I’d write a follow-up article that shows what they look like. So, without any further ado, here they are.
Example 1 – Green username, blue host, magenta working directory, white git branch:
PS1='${GREEN}u${BLACK}@${CYAN}h:${MAGENTA}w${WHITE}`__git_ps1 " (%s)"`$ ‘
The example above uses the short colour codes outlined in the original article and looks like the screenshot below.
Example 2 – Blue user and host, magenta working directory, white git branch:
PS1='[33[0;36m]u@h[33[01m]:[33[0;35m]w[33[00m][33[1;30m][33[0;37m]`__git_ps1 " (%s)"`[33[00m][33[0;37m]$ '
The example above uses the built-in colour codes but can be harder to read. It looks like the screenshot below.
Don’t forget to read the original article, "Pimp My Prompt … like Paul Irish", if you’re unsure about how to enable the __git_ps1 and short colour code commands.