thanks, this set me on the path to figuring it out. I was writing this
long email response walking through the steps of what sourced what and I
just needed to add PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$
\[\033[00m\]' to my bashrc file. thanks!
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 16:29, Brian Coyle wrote:
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> On Sunday 22 June 2003 14:35, Eric Jahn wrote:
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> > I know how to configure a bash prompt,
> > but what I don't understand is how to make a new console display a
> > prompt for the current user (not the generic "bash-2.05b$" one) without
> > having to subsequently log in to the current user with a password.
>
> Look at the differences between $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.bash_profile,
> $HOME/.bash_login, and $HOME/.profile etc. (especially when and under what
> circumstances each is sourced in).
>
> $ man bash
>
> scroll to the INVOCATION section
>
> Set your PS1 prompt variable in the appropriate file(s).
>
> HTH!
>
>
> - --
> "We choose to go to the moon, and do the other things...
> Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." -JFK
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