The bash prompt is the first thing you see when you log into a *nix machine.
Customizing you bash prompt is easy, very useful and ofcourse, cool. Here are some tips n tricks. The prompt of your bash shell can be changed by altering the PS1 shell variable. To try out shell modifications you can directly do this, try the code below


causing your prompt to be displayed as,


Now thats cool, but it ain't useful yet. You can make your prompt useful by using certain escape sequences which are replaced by useful values. Example -

Setting the value of PS1 at the prompt will only be temporary and the next time you run bash, the changes won't be seen. For permanent changes, you must add the PS1 statements into .bashrc or any of the startup scripts that bash processes. Here are some useful prompts that might be of use -

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What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn't fail?

Another reason why Linux/Unix is going nowhere.

There are so many Linux Distros. What the Linux faithful should be aiming at is to create one OS which can be used by all folks. The young, youth and the Old.

How can my kid bro or mom learn all those shell commands.

Obuntu is kind of user friendly.I wish it could become the official linux distribution.

"Too many cooks spoil the soup."

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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.