PS1 is a primary prompt variable. This variable displays a default structure to the user that makes a login
Standard ubuntu
The standard ubuntu PS1 variable looks like:
alberto@alberto-5490:~$
# standard
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
# colored mode
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ 'Test
To test your settings export the PS1 variable with your settings:
export PS1='<my_settings>'Make it permanent
To make your settings permanent edit your .bashrc file, locate the PS1 variable, and edit properly.
Here my personal shell
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
#PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u\[\e[0;32m\]@\[\e[0;32m\]\H\[\e[0m\]:\[\e[0m\]\w\[\e[0;93m\]$(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '"'"'^*'"'"' | colrm 1 1) \[\e[0m\]$ \[\e[0m\]'
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
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