I'm getting weird behavior with my bash prompt. Here's some of the
things I see on my system.
$ bash # start a new shell
$ PS1='\W '
~ cd /home
hmee cd /media
meiia cd /boot
bott cd /lib32
li332 cd /selinux
selinux cd /proc
pocc cd
~ mkdir home cd home
home cd .. rmdir home
~ mkdir media cd
Jimmy Wu:
$ PS1='\W '
~ cd /home
hmee cd /media
meiia cd /boot
Same here, on squeeze and sid (both amd64, just as yours). It's already
reported as #589084. A link to a patch is included, in case you want to
rebuild bash yourself.
J.
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Jochen Schulz wrote:
Jimmy Wu:
$ PS1='\W '
~ cd /home
hmee cd /media
meiia cd /boot
Mine doesn't use \W but it works well for me.
I don't have the problem with this testing:
# export PS1='\W '
~ cd /proc
proc cd /etc
etc cd
~ cd /home
home cd /var
var cd /media
media
I like having a
Thank you very much for that. Now I know what is going on -- the
search terms I was using before were not turning up anything useful.
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:02, Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de wrote:
Jimmy Wu:
$ PS1='\W '
~ cd /home
hmee cd /media
meiia cd /boot
Same here, on
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:20:47PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
It works for me. I use this:
/root/.bashrc
export PS1=$(tput setaf 1)[\T]$(tput setaf 1)[...@\h]$(tput sgr0)\w$
/home/stan/.bashrc
if [ $PS1 ]; then
PS1=$(tput setaf 2)[\T]$(tput setaf 2)[...@\h]$(tput sgr0)\w$
fi
The
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:48:32AM +, Jon Dowland wrote:
This is a bit slow, mind, if you really want to change the
text colour for the root user then you should unwind the
control characters instead by preserving the older PS1 and
keeping track of which control sequences you've opened:
Jon Dowland put forth on 2/17/2010 3:48 AM:
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:20:47PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
It works for me. I use this:
/root/.bashrc
export PS1=$(tput setaf 1)[\T]$(tput setaf 1)[...@\h]$(tput sgr0)\w$
/home/stan/.bashrc
if [ $PS1 ]; then
PS1=$(tput setaf
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 04:59:33AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner
wrote:
Why is this a problem? If I'm not logged in, why does
this shell setup code need to be invoked. Makes perfect
sense to me that it is only invoked on login. Am I
missing something?
I should clarify. This is only a problem if
On 12/02/10 04:20, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Tony van der Hoff put forth on 2/11/2010 11:53 AM:
Thanks for your help, everyone.
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 09:47:56PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner
wrote:
An author of technical documentation should never rely on
the ability of the reader to pick up on the subtle one
character difference of $ or # in a command line example.
The subtlty of the difference depends on the length of your
Apologies that this won't be properly threaded, but I just got my
subscription problems solved.
I am the OP on this thread, and have read the replies in the archive.
Looking at the bash manual I see that, for a login shell, /etc/profile
is sourced, and then ~/.bash_profile, whereas for an
On 11/02/10, Jon Dowland (j...@debian.org) wrote:
| ...
| I've never met a bash that displays anything other than '#'
| for '\$' in PS1. Can you give an example of one that does?
From .bashrc:
# root; red
#export PS1='\[\033[0;31...@\w# \]'
# sid: green
export PS1='\[\033[0;32...@\w$ \]'
#
On Thursday 11 February 2010 11:16:15 John wrote:
On 11/02/10, Jon Dowland (j...@debian.org) wrote:
| I've never met a bash that displays anything other than '#'
| for '\$' in PS1. Can you give an example of one that does?
From .bashrc:
# root; red
#export PS1='\[\033[0;31...@\w# \]'
#
On 11/02/10 17:16, John wrote:
On 11/02/10, Jon Dowland (j...@debian.org) wrote:
| ...
| I've never met a bash that displays anything other than '#'
| for '\$' in PS1. Can you give an example of one that does?
From .bashrc:
# root; red
#export PS1='\[\033[0;31...@\w# \]'
Very useful
On 11/02/10, Tony van der Hoff (t...@vanderhoff.org) wrote:
| ...
| PS - where are these escape sequences documented, please?
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/May2004/article335.shtml
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Jon Dowland put forth on 2/11/2010 7:45 AM:
to denote. If in doubt, be explicit in your preamble.
This was my point. However, for a document writer, doubt, stupidity, not enough
coffee in the readers' belly and thus not enough caffeine in the brain should
always be assumed. Thus, it should
Tony van der Hoff put forth on 2/11/2010 11:53 AM:
So, I've set my PS1 in /root/.bashrc as suggested.
From my user shell, I do 'su', and the prompt, and everything following
is in red - good!
CTRL-D returns me to my user shell, and everything is still red - bad!
CTRL-D is new to me. Thanks
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Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Maybe you misunderstood my example shell prompt code.
[11:14:14][s...@greer]/etc/postfix$
[11:16:09][r...@greer]/etc/postfix$
There. No color. Root does has a different prompt. The prompt says root
instead of user.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 06:17:20AM +, Tom Furie wrote:
I think the point is that it's a lot easier to overlook root buried
somewhere in the middle of a long prompt than it is to overlook a #
right next to the cursor.
Stan's example is trivially fixed by replacing the static
'$' with '\$'
Tom Furie put forth on 2/10/2010 12:17 AM:
On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 11:22:03PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Maybe you misunderstood my example shell prompt code. Or maybe I'm just not
understanding what you're saying. Here, copy/pasted from a Putty terminal
session. Not a doc-file, but
Hi, I'm new to debian, but not to linux. (experimenting with lenny...)
This is the question I asked myself while seeing various prompts after
I thought I had customised them. Near as I can tell, there are three
different scripts which fiddle with the default bash prompt:
/etc/profile
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Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Also, I've always _hated_ that # for root's prompt, so I killed it and use a $
now. No need for it since root is now all red. :)
FWIW, if I document my work, eg. by copy-pasting the command into a
doc-file, the color
Johannes Wiedersich put forth on 2/9/2010 11:09 AM:
Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Also, I've always _hated_ that # for root's prompt, so I killed it and use a
$
now. No need for it since root is now all red. :)
FWIW, if I document my work, eg. by copy-pasting the command into a
doc-file, the
On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 11:22:03PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Maybe you misunderstood my example shell prompt code. Or maybe I'm just not
understanding what you're saying. Here, copy/pasted from a Putty terminal
session. Not a doc-file, but demonstrates your example nonetheless.
Hi, I'm new to debian, but not to linux. (experimenting with lenny...)
This is the question I asked myself while seeing various prompts after
I thought I had customised them. Near as I can tell, there are three
different scripts which fiddle with the default bash prompt:
/etc/profile
/etc
with the default bash prompt:
/etc/profile
/etc/bashrc
~/.bashrc
You forgot ~/.bash_profile. It is recommended that ~/.bash_profile source
~/.bashrc, but it is not required.
{why is root's .bashrc read twice? Why no leading - on original
root prompt? Why does /etc/profile
with the default bash prompt:
/etc/profile
/etc/bashrc
~/.bashrc
.bashrc works for me for both root and users. I used these docs as a spring
board:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Customize-the-Shell-Prompt-40033.shtml
I don't use desktop Linux. My Lenny servers are basically headless (KVM
On 2007-04-16, Tyler Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2007-04-15, Gerard Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I encountered the same problem and I solved it adding \]\n[\ in my PS1.
my PS1:
PS1=${magenta}[\[$TIME\] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
\[${BLUE}\]\#\[$NC\]]\w\$
hth.
That's interesting. If I
Hi,
I've modified my bash prompt to display the number of minutes of
battery time left. I use the following code in my .bashrc:
##
alias bt=acpi | awk '{print \$5}' | awk -F : '{print \$1*60 + \$2}'
# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we want color)
case $TERM in
xterm
On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 09:15:52PM +, Tyler Smith wrote:
From: Tyler Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: bash prompt won't wrap properly
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On 2007-04-15, Gerard Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I encountered the same problem and I solved it adding \]\n[\ in my PS1.
my PS1:
PS1=${magenta}[\[$TIME\] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
\[${BLUE}\]\#\[$NC\]]\w\$
hth.
That's interesting. If I put the \n at the end of my prompt it works
right. If
To time a command in bash one can type:
$ time command args...
and get the output:
real0m0.026s
user0m0.003s
sys 0m0.002s
Is it possible to capture this timing information automatically for
each command and display it as part of the bash prompt? If not bash,
then maybe some
bash
prompt. ...
If you're using Debian 3.1, take a look at
/etc/profile. I have a script
cvsenv which sets up environment variables for CVS
usage. It also changes
my Bash prompt (PS1). On fresh installs of Debian
3.1, /etc/profile
interferes with the later function and I have
Jorge Peixoto wrote:
One of the users of this machine has a wrong bash prompt. ...
If you're using Debian 3.1, take a look at /etc/profile. I have a script
cvsenv which sets up environment variables for CVS usage. It also changes
my Bash prompt (PS1). On fresh installs of Debian 3.1, /etc
One of the users of this machine has a wrong bash
prompt. It works well on a virtual console, but on
xterm or gnome-terminal, PS1 is set to \s-\v\$ , which
is very unhelpful. But this user's .bashrc is
identical to mine (as told by md5sum), and I don't
have this problem, so I don't know what to do
Jorge Peixoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
One of the users of this machine has a wrong bash
prompt. It works well on a virtual console, but on
xterm or gnome-terminal, PS1 is set to \s-\v\$ , which
is very unhelpful. But this user's .bashrc is
identical to mine (as told by md5sum), and I don't
Hi,
Hallo zusammen,
in sarge findet sich seit kurzem folgende Zeile:
,[ /etc/bash.bashrc
| PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$ '
`
Nach einem
,
| # export debian_chroot=unstable
`
Hat man dann auch ungefähr so einen Prompt:
,
|
Hallo zusammen,
in sarge findet sich seit kurzem folgende Zeile:
,[ /etc/bash.bashrc
| PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$ '
`
Nach einem
,
| # export debian_chroot=unstable
`
Hat man dann auch ungefähr so einen Prompt:
,
| (unstable)[EMAIL
in there for a while.
good modular solution! i've been using perl's Term::ANSIColor
module, which is really hard-wired cheat-code, but it works for
the most part.
Sounds interesting, but any syntax examples? I couldn't make heads or
tails of it.
Here's a bash prompt I used for a while. It makes
probably you're using vfat filesystem
type. try to mount manually with
root and the options below.
mke2fs -m0 /dev/fd0
mount -t ext2 -o noauto,dev,rw,suid
/dev/fd0 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/{boot,dev}
cp /boot/boot.b /mnt/boot
cd /mnt/dev
mknod fd0 b 2 0
mknod console c 5 1
I am following the
From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO-2 along with Pocket-Linux-Guide, but I am
unable to execute some exercises.
From-PowerUp asks to
1. Hexedit unios - but the link is
broken
2. Install lilo on a floppy disk
The second is step is acomplished by Pocket-Linux,
but when I
Does anyone know how to get each bash prompt to start in vi-command mode.
bind -V always shows keymap set to vi-insert even when set keymap vi-command
is in the the .inputrc
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Buenas.
Alguien sabe que ha sido del paquete Bash Prompt ?
En http://bash.current.nu no contesta nadie.
Gracias y un saludo.
César a.k.a insallah
Hmmm,
Hatte das auch verwendet, aber jedesmal wenn ich mc aufgerufen
habe und wieder verließ, war es aus mit bunt
Woran kann das liegen ???
Verwende die 26 WOODY-Disketten plus mc und ein paar Proggies
für meine Win/TV-PCI.
Michelle
Am 12:03 13/07/2002 +0200 hat Sacher Khoudari
Am Fre, 2002-07-12 um 18.40 schrieb Sacher Khoudari:
Hi Leute!
Ich habe mir den Bash-Promt etwas eingefärbt, aber nun spinnt er
wenn ich ne zu lange kommandozeile habe und eigentlich ein
Zeilenumbruch kommen soll. Der Cursor springt zwar an die erste
Spalte, bleibt aber in der selben Zeile
On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:40:43 +0200, Sacher Khoudari wrote:
Ich habe mir den Bash-Promt etwas eingefärbt, aber nun spinnt er
wenn ich ne zu lange kommandozeile habe und eigentlich ein
Zeilenumbruch kommen soll. Der Cursor springt zwar an die erste
Spalte, bleibt aber in der selben Zeile
On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:33:52 +0200, Dirk Haage wrote:
manchmal auch:
- Befehl eintippen
- Fenster vergrößern
- Befehl bestätigen
Da es zu selten passiert, bin ich noch nicht auf Ursachensuche gegangen,
aber vielleicht hast du ja auch sowas gemacht und es liegt gar nicht am
Prompt.
Timothy and Paul:
Thanks so very much for this thread. There is so much to learn and so
little time; it's always a pleasure to find little gems like this as
they float by on the list.
My terms now have hostname-empowered titlebars :)
Cheers,
Mike Pfleger
There's seventy brilliant people on
this:
\[\e]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy H. Keitt) writes:
Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name
in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to
wrap incorrectly. Instead of moving down a line, the wrap over-writes
characters
So, try this:
\[\e]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy H. Keitt) writes:
Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name
in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to
wrap incorrectly. Instead of moving
Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name
in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to
wrap incorrectly. Instead of moving down a line, the wrap over-writes
the existing line of text. Anyone have a solution? Here's the prompt
string
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 06:33:09PM -0400, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
| Quick question: the following bash prompt puts the current machine name
| in the xterm (gnome-terminal) title bar, but also causes long lines to
| wrap incorrectly. Instead of moving down a line, the wrap over-writes
I don't know if it's related or not, but when I do something like 'cd
/usr/local/../../var/log ; echo $PWD' I get '//var/log'
Bash 2.01.1(1)-release
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Keith Harbaugh wrote:
On Wed, 1999-09-22 10:25:29 +0530, XRDLAB wrote:
Hi,
I noticed a strange behaviour of bash
Hi,
I noticed a strange behaviour of bash regrding the prompt. I have set
PS1='\h:\w$ '. With that I get both the host name and the working
directory as my shell prompt. Yesterday I noticed a strange behaviour
accidentally. The sequence is given below:
mysxrd:~$ cd /var
mysxrd:/var$
XRDLAB wrote:
Hi,
I noticed a strange behaviour of bash regrding the prompt. I have set
PS1='\h:\w$ '. With that I get both the host name and the working
directory as my shell prompt. Yesterday I noticed a strange behaviour
accidentally. The sequence is given below:
mysxrd:~$ cd /var
On Wed, 1999-09-22 10:25:29 +0530, XRDLAB wrote:
Hi,
I noticed a strange behaviour of bash regrding the prompt. I have set
PS1='\h:\w$ '. With that I get both the host name and the working
directory as my shell prompt. Yesterday I noticed a strange behaviour
accidentally. The sequence is
From: Travis Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Bash Prompt in an XTerm
[snip]
This works fine when I am at the console as a normal user but as root I only
get:
atheist#
Check root's .bash_profile (and possibly .bashrc). It is probably
overriding the default prompt
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I just switched from Red Hat 4.2 to Debian 1.3.1 and I am now realizing how much
Red Hat really hides you from things.
I don't like the default setting for the bash prompt Debian give you and I want
to change it. I edited my /etc/profile and added the line
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Im replying to my own post.
I figured it out. Just add the PS1 line to my .bashrc.
I figure stuff like that would just go in the .bash_profile and when that
didn't work I had no idea what to do. To make it all global I will just make a
/etc/bashrc
Sorry for
Hiya Travis,
I just switched from Red Hat 4.2 to Debian 1.3.1 and I am now realizing how
much
Red Hat really hides you from things.
I was trying to decide what distribution to install (RedHat versus Debian)
just b4 I shifted to Linux. I must say in the beginning I was very much
inclined at
My question to you is how do you find them (which one do you think is
best; if there is such a thing as 'best'). Any particular features etc
you prefer on one over the other?
Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
is another matter :)
Redhat's
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote:
Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
is another matter :)
Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a
disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for
instance.
Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation
is another matter :)
Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a
disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for
instance.
this was a future domain. But on the
for Applixware. My email and ppp
server
is Debian. The configuration tools that come with Debian are easier since
I
don't have X-windows running
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