How to display my prompt in color? I see a lot of text go up my screen, and a lot of crud. Something like (red)myName(red)@(blue)myMachine:~$(blue) would help simplify things a lot.
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You should write one question per post, answering multiple questions is confusing and it doesn't allow to properly account for that is answered already. – João Pinto Dec 06 '10 at 13:40
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ok, ill edit it and create another one. thanks for the heads up. – theTuxRacer Dec 06 '10 at 13:47
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1Duplicate question with http://askubuntu.com/questions/13892/is-it-possible-to-color-the-prompt-in-bash – teo96 Dec 06 '10 at 14:33
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2Possible duplicate of Is it possible to color the prompt in Bash? – David Foerster Feb 27 '18 at 04:26
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About the prompt colors, check the following link: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html – João Pinto Dec 06 '10 at 13:41
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You can just edit your ~/.bashrc file and remove the hash (#) from the line:
#force_color_prompt=yes
Save the file, and from then on, your newly-opened shells will be colored.
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