# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
force_color_prompt=yes
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
# PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;35m\]\W\$\[\033[0;0m\] '
else
# PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;0m\]\W\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
Here is a simple script to show the basic 8 color and 8 background combinations available to most shells. The result of this script is shown in the subsequent screenshot.
#!/bin/bash
#show combinations of 8 colors and 8 backgrounds available to most shells
echo -ne " "
for c in {0..7}
do
echo -ne " \033[1;37m 4${c} \033[0m"
done
echo -e "\n"
for b in {0..7}
do
echo -ne "\033[1;37m 3${b} \033[0m"
for c in {0..7}
do
echo -ne "\033[4${c}m \033[3${b}m norm "
done
echo -ne "\033[0m\n\033[1;37m 3${b} "
for c in {0..7}
do
echo -ne "\033[4${c}m \033[1;3${b}m bold "
done
echo -e "\033[0m\n"
done
#!/bin/bash
#show 256 colors
for c in {0..255} ; do
echo -e "\e[38;05;${c}m ${c} bash colors"
done
