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unix PS1

May 20th, 2009

I have setup in .profile my login prompt as:
PS1='${HOSTNAME}/${PWD}>

how do I get the prompt to highlight so everytime i log in i see
whatever i set my PS1 to highlighted.?

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Re: unix PS1

May 24th, 2009

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Originally Posted by axn

I have setup in .profile my login prompt as:
PS1='${HOSTNAME}/${PWD}>

how do I get the prompt to highlight so everytime i log in i see
whatever i set my PS1 to highlighted.?

What shell are you using?

In bash:
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PS1='\[\e[[7m\]${HOSTNAME}/${PWD}\[\e[0m\]'
PS1='\[\e[[7m\]${HOSTNAME}/${PWD}\[\e[0m\]'
Adjust the 7 to whatever you want, e.g., 1;31 or 1;37;40m.