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theTuxRacer
Asked: 2010-12-07 05:38:16 +0800 CST

Displaying colors in the prompt

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How to display my prompt in color? I see a lot of text go up my screen, and a lot of crud. Something like (red)myName(red)@(blue)myMachine:~$(blue) would help simplify things a lot.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can just edit your ~/.bashrc file and remove the hash (#) from the line:

    #force_color_prompt=yes

    Save the file, and from then on, your newly-opened shells will be colored.

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