Pimp My Prompt … like Paul Irish

By chris

May 8, 2011

The complete .bash_profile file

Here’s what my complete .bash_profile file looks like. It’s got all the stuff above plus a couple of extra things e.g. setting my PATH, a couple of aliases for common commands I use and two extra PS1 prompt settings that you can use as reference, if you wish.

If you use any of the info in this post, please let me know by leaving a comment or using the contact form. Thanks!

PATH=$PATH:~/Data/Scripts:~/Data/Utils/rar:~/_Applications:~/_Applications/lynx

# alias to quickly show if any Handbrake processes are running
alias hb='sudo ps -aef | grep HandBrakeCLI'

# alias for quick DNS cache flushing
alias fc='sudo dscacheutil -flushcache'

# enable the git bash completion commands
source ~/.git-completion

# enable git unstaged indicators - set to a non-empty value
GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE="."

# enable showing of untracked files - set to a non-empty value
GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES="."

# enable stash checking - set to a non-empty value
GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE="."

# enable showing of HEAD vs its upstream
GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto"

BLACK=$(tput setaf 0)
RED=$(tput setaf 1)
GREEN=$(tput setaf 2)
YELLOW=$(tput setaf 3)
LIME_YELLOW=$(tput setaf 190)
POWDER_BLUE=$(tput setaf 153)
BLUE=$(tput setaf 4)
MAGENTA=$(tput setaf 5)
CYAN=$(tput setaf 6)
WHITE=$(tput setaf 7)
BRIGHT=$(tput bold)
NORMAL=$(tput sgr0)
BLINK=$(tput blink)
REVERSE=$(tput smso)
UNDERLINE=$(tput smul)

# set the prompt to show current working directory and git branch name, if it exists

# this prompt is a green username, black @ symbol, cyan host, magenta current working directory and white git branch (only shows if you're in a git branch)
# unstaged and untracked symbols are shown, too (see above)
# this prompt uses the short colour codes defined above
# PS1='${GREEN}u${BLACK}@${CYAN}h:${MAGENTA}w${WHITE}`__git_ps1 " (%s)"`$ '

# this is a cyan username, @ symbol and host, magenta current working directory and white git branch
# it uses the shorter , but visibly more complex, codes for text colours (shorter because the colour code definitions aren't needed)
# 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]$ '

# return the prompt prefix for the second line
function set_prefix {
	BRANCH=`__git_ps1`
	if [[ -z $BRANCH ]]; then
		echo "${NORMAL}o"
	else
		echo "${UNDERLINE}+"
	fi
}

# and here's one similar to Paul Irish's famous prompt ... not sure if this is the way he does it, but it works  :)
# 33[s = save cursor position
# 33[u = restore cursor position

PS1='${MAGENTA}u${WHITE} in ${GREEN}w${WHITE}${MAGENTA}`__git_ps1 " on %s"`${WHITE}rn`set_prefix`${NORMAL}${CYAN}33[s33[60C (`date "+%a, %b %d"`)33[u${WHITE} '

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