Questions tagged [ps1]
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Linux: coloring bash prompt will break carriage return
When I try to colorize the bash prompt like this:
export PS1="\e[0;31m[\u@\h \W]\$ \e[m "
it breaks the carriage return (instead of going to a new line when line is full, it starts in the same line ...
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Right align part of prompt
I am sure that I have seen someone have a part of their prompt aligned to the right in their terminal window and then have the actual cursor start on a second line. I know that I can achieve the ...
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Set $PS1 differently on local computer and in ssh session
I keep my home directory under version control, so that my basic configuration is easily available on any computer.
My bash command prompt on my local computer is a complicated, colorful thing that ...
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Windows task schduler keep showing 0x41301
I have wrote the following .ps1 file:-
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}
$request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("https://localhost/")
$response = $...
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Powershell Get-ChildItem Include\Exclude - simple script not working properly
Im trying to run the following code as a powershell script,but I cant get it to work. 1st,the following works with one -Include item but I cant seem to get it to work with multiple ones. 2nd, the -...
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How can I change my prompt to include box drawing Unicode characters?
How can I get a $PS1 containing box-drawing characters?
I am running bash, if it makes a difference.
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Is there a command to get bash to print a new prompt string and redraw the current line?
Instead of waiting for slow commands to finish, I'd like to run them in the background. However, when they finish running and print to stdout, I get (where █ represents my cursor) this:
$ slowcmd &...
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Make Bash's PS1 show original directory name and not symlink?
I currently have PS1='\W' but when in a symbolic link'd directory, the prompt shows the symlink name, how can I make PS1 to show the original directory name?
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Why is my bash prompt repeating its last line twice, when I ls, or cd or issue misc commands?
My prompt is such:
PS1="\[\033[32m\]\u@myserver\n\[\033[33m\w$\033[0m\] "
So as output after I ls i see this:
jake@myserver
~/public_html$
~/public_html$
When I should only (I think) see:
jake@...
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PS1 window title under PuTTY with GNU screen
I'm currently setting my PS1 title with by concatinating three variables in my .bashrc in such a way:
export TERMSERVER=`who am i | awk '{print $NF}' | tr -d ')''('`
if [ -n "$TERMSERVER" ] ; then
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Limit git prompt branch name width in oh-my-zsh
I use long descriptive branch names in git, causing the prompt to take up too much space leaving less room for long paths.
I would like to limit the git plugin's branch segment to something like 15 ...
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bash's command number ( \# ) equivalent in zsh
I'm looking for a character to put in my zsh's $PROMPT that would be equivalent to bash's \# (the command number of this command, according to this site). So far I've found only %h but this is not ...
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How to insert bash scripts inside the PS1 variable
I made a custom PS1 variable, which is a tremendously confusing. Here is the one that is closest to being fully working:
PS1="\n[\e[1;31m]\u@\H[\e[35m] \@ [\e[32m] PWD: \w [\e[1;34m]This folder has ...
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What prompt is sh using when you type sh into Terminal?
When using the default PS1 prompt that MAC OS/Terminal comes with, when you type sh you get a new style prompt.
station-4:~ user$ sh
sh-3.2$
When you export your own PS1, this functionality goes ...
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Cannot change tab label in MobaXterm
I am using MobaXterm v20.6 and WSL2+Ubuntu 20.04 from Microsoft Store. I am trying to label the tabs defining PS1 like: PS1="\e]0;\u@\h\a\w #" but tabs are still labeled as "1. WSL-...
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