On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 04:06:19PM +0000, James wrote > Walter Dnes <waltdnes <at> waltdnes.org> writes: > > > In your bash profile (if you use bash), howsabout > > export PS1='[\h][\u][\w]' > > > Actually, I go for a fancy "technicolour prompt" > > export > > > > PS1='[\[\033[01;32m\]\h\[\033[00m\]][\[\033[01;34m\]\u\ > > [\033[00m\]][\[\033[01;36m\]\w\[\033[00m\]]' > > Either way, the host name shows up at the beginning of the prompt. > > I like to see the IP addresses of the systems I've sshd into. I work on a > myriad of embedded and small systems, so IP addresses works best for me.
In that case, try something like export PS1='[\[\033[01;32m\]192.168.0.1\033[00m\]][\[\033[01;34m\]\u\[\033[00m\]][\[\033[01;36m\]\w\[\033[00m\]]' If you have to determine it after logging in, you can export an environment variable to PS1, e.g. export PS1="[\$FOO]$ " ***NOTE THE LEADING BACKSLASH*** See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7359652/how-to-insert-an-environment-variable-inside-the-bash-prompt -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
