8 Useful and Interesting Bash Prompts | Linux Today

8 Useful and Interesting Bash Prompts

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2009

“Note – to use any of these prompts, you can copy &
paste the “PS1=” line directly into your terminal. To make the
change permanent, paste the line to the end of your ~/.bashrc
file.

“1. Show Happy face upon successful execution This prompt is
probably the most amusing one on the list, but remains useful. The
idea is that as long as your commands execute successfully, your
prompt shows a happy face. Any time a command fails, it shows a sad
face instead.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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