Examples
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. # Note: PS1 and umask are already set in /etc/profile. You should not # need this unless you want different defaults for root. # PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\w\$ ' # umask 022 # You may uncomment the following lines if you want `ls' to be colorized: export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' eval "`dircolors`" alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS' alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l' alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lA' # Some more alias to avoid making mistakes: alias rm='rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i' # Define what to display on the command line. export PS1="\t@\H:\w # " # Keep track of all your command lines in ~/.bash_eternal_history file forever. export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%s " PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ; }"'echo $$ $USER \ "$(history 1)" >> ~/.bash_eternal_history'
# ######### # Some shortcuts for different directory listings alias ls='ls -hFA --color=tty' # classify files in colour alias dir='ls -A --color=auto --format=vertical' alias vdir='ls -A --color=auto --format=long' alias ll='ls -lA' # long list alias la='ls -A' # all but . and .. alias l='ls -CFA' # alias grep='grep --color' # show differences in colour # Default to human readable figures alias df='df -h' alias du='du -h' alias du1='du --max-depth=1' # Some more alias to avoid making mistakes: alias rm='rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i' # Define what to display on the command line: e.g. --=[2015-05-26 14:00:32 @root]=-- # http://askubuntu.com/a/24422 red=$(tput setaf 1) green=$(tput setaf 2) reset=$(tput sgr0) export PS1="\[$green\]--=[$(date +%Y-%m-%d) \t @\[$reset\]\[$red\]\u\[$reset\]\[$green\]]=--\[$reset\]\n\w>" # Keep track of all your command lines in ~/.bash_eternal_history file forever. export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%s " PROMPT_COMMAND="${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND ; }"'echo $$ $USER \ "$(history 1)" >> ~/.bash_eternal_history'
Restarting the Shell Environment After Changes
source .bashrc
Reference: http://www.funtoo.org/Prompt_Magic