How to Customize Your Bash Terminal Prompt on Debian 10 | Linux Today

How to Customize Your Bash Terminal Prompt on Debian 10

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Karim Buzdar
May 10, 2021

The bash Linux shell provides many customization options for the prompt that you can use not only to incorporate various features in the prompt but also to differentiate them through different colors. This tutorial shows you how to customize bash prompt.

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Karim Buzdar

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