@Jon E, thanks for the great reference!

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PS1=”[\u@\w]\\$ ”
export PS1
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Environment:
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[root@/var/www/html]# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
Release: 5.4
Codename: Final
[root@/var/www/html]# /bin/bash –version
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (i686-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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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.