https://misc.flogisoft.com/ 2026-04-10T02:11:45+00:00 https://misc.flogisoft.com/ https://misc.flogisoft.com/lib/tpl/flozz/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-09-01T12:24:13+00:00 https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/home?rev=1504268653&do=diff Bourne Again Shell (Bash) Bash Tips [Tip: Customize the shell prompt] Customize the shell prompt [Tip: Colors and Formatting] Colors and formatting (ANSI/VT100 Control sequences) [Tip: Cursor Movements] FIXME Cursor movement, clear screen and other interesting ANSI/VT100 control sequences text/html 2018-08-09T09:14:01+00:00 https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting?rev=1533806041&do=diff Bash tips: Colors and formatting (ANSI/VT100 Control sequences) The ANSI/VT100 terminals and terminal emulators are not just able to display black and white text ; they can display colors and formatted texts thanks to escape sequences. Those sequences are composed of the text/html 2017-09-01T12:24:13+00:00 https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_customize_the_shell_prompt?rev=1504268653&do=diff Bash tips: Customize the shell prompt The prompt of Bash can be customized, and can displays several useful informations. The main prompt is stored in the PS1 variable of the shell. You can show it with the following command: echo $PS1 and you can change it by modifying the content of this variable. For example this command will change your prompt: