for normal user:
PS1=’\[\e[1;32m\]\u [ \[\e[1;33m\]\h\[\e[1;32m\] ][ \[\e[1;33m\]\w\[\e[1;32m\] ]$ \[\e[0m\]‘

for root:
PS1=’\[\e[1;31m\]\u [ \[\e[1;33m\]\h\[\e[1;31m\] ][ \[\e[1;33m\]\w\[\e[1;31m\] ]# \[\e[0m\]‘

basically, its like so:
coredump [ server ][ ~ ]$

for normal user, its all green except the host name and the pwd is yellow. for root, the green is red. i havent had to deal too much with long directory names, if it gets to be a prob, i will move the [ ~ ] above the prompt:

[~]
coredump [ server ]$

i like the host name in there because i deal with several linux boxes and am always cross shelling into them from the others and it helps to keep some sanity.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Sorry for the delayed response. You should be able to add `pwd` to your prompt to display the current directory. Note that it needs to be between back-quotes (shift-tilde).

Hope this helps.

I stumbled upon this site and thought I could give Gary’s promt a try. I like it a lot and modified it a bit for use with colorful terminals. Here’s what I use now:


PS1="\[33[01;32m\]\u@\h \[33[01;31m\]uid:\${UID} \[33[01;34m\]\d \[33[01;33m\]\w
\[33[00m\]\t \[33[01;32m\]>\[33[00m\] "


The uid display is arguable I guess and I use it only on the root prompt.

Cheers !