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Asked: 2020-04-13 03:20:30 +0800 CST

How to change username colour in Konsole

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So my Konsole used to look like this

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but now it's all green and boring

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I don't know what happened and I'm still using the same Breath2 theme created by Manjaro. The username is not yellow anymore.

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    • The operating system and its version have not yet been provided.
    • the ~/.bashrc file linked to in a comment is clearly not the default in Ubuntu or any official flavor.
    • you can compare your ~/.bashrc with the original in /etc/skel/bashrc

    If the question does involve a supported version of Ubuntu or its official flavors, Customizing Bash Prompt should apply.

    But I don't need to do this:

    Comment out the default PS1 that's already there by typing a hash mark ( # ) at the beginning of the line, then define your own PS1 and PS2 just below it.

    Just adding what I need at the very end of my ~/.bashrc is sufficient. To get a prompt like what is shown in the image, modify ~/.bashrc using a plain text editor to have this line at the very end:

    PS1="\[\033[32m\][\u@\h \w]$ \[\033[0m\]"

    Save the file and close all open terminals. Now when a terminal is launched, the new prompt is used.

    While the link provided above lists the most common components of PS1, look at this or this or just search the internet for much more.

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