Share your Bash prompts!

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

I'm looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt^[1]^. I'd love to see yours!

::: spoiler References

1. Type: Documentation. Title: "Bash Reference Manual". Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.
   • §6.9 "Controlling the Prompt". URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Controlling-the-Prompt.html.
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[mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com]

Mine shows the user and host, git commit and branch, docker context and directory, color coded based on status of git:

[root@server001|G:19e526e@(master)|D:myContext|currentDir] $

## PS1 adapted from https://gist.github.com/xenji/2292341
ps1_generator() {
    # docker context inspect --format '{{ .Name }}'
    Time12h="\T"; Time12a="\@"; ShortHost="\h"; Username="\u";
    PathShort="\W"; PathFull="\w"; NewLine="\n"; Jobs="\j";
    test -f ~/.config/git-prompt.sh || \
        curl -L https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/compl
etion/git-prompt.sh \
             > ~/.config/git-prompt.sh
    source ~/.config/git-prompt.sh
    Color_Off="\[\033[0m\]"; IBlack="\[\033[0;90m\]"; BWhite="\[\03
3[1;37m\]"; BGreen="\[\033[1;32m\]";
    BIRed="\[\033[1;91m\]"; BIWhite="\[\033[1;97m\]"; BIPurple="\[\
033[1;95m\]"; BIBlue="\[\033[1;94m\]";
    GIT_PS1='$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
  echo "$(echo `git status` | \grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null
 2>&1; \
  DIRTY="$?"; \
  HEADREV=`git log --pretty=%h -n 1`; \
  echo -n "|G:'${BWhite}'$HEADREV"; \
  if [ "$DIRTY" -eq "0" ]; then \
    # @4 - Clean repository - nothing to commit
    echo "@'${BGreen}'"$(__git_ps1 "(%s)"); \
  else \
    # @5 - Changes to working tree
    echo "'${BIBlue}'@'${BIRed}'"$(__git_ps1 "{%s}"); \
  fi)'${Color_Off}'"; \
else \
  # @2 - Prompt when not in GIT repo
  echo ""; \
fi)'
    if docker context inspect >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        DOCKER_PS1='|D:'${BIBlue}'$(docker context inspect --format
 "{{ .Name }}")'${Color_Off}
    fi
    USER_PS1=${BIPurple}${Username}'@'${ShortHost}${Color_Off}
    PATH_PS1='|'${BWhite}${PathShort}${Color_Off}
    export PS1='['${USER_PS1}${GIT_PS1}${DOCKER_PS1}${PATH_PS1}'] $
 '
}
ps1_generator && unset -f ps1_generator

[xanza@lemm.ee]

export PS1="\[\e[31m\][\[\e[m\]\[\e[38;5;172m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[38;5;153m\]\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[38;5;214m\]\W\[\e[m\]\[\e[31m\]]\[\e[m\]\\$ "

[madmadbunny@lemmy.ca]

C:>

/s

[wwwgem@lemmy.ml]

Maybe you can find some inspiration here.

[kalcifer@sh.itjust.works]

HA, that's so cursed. I love it.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

That's a warcrime.

[hallettj@leminal.space]

Do you have anything to check whether the current directory is under /media/ or /mnt/ so that you can change the drive letter according to a deterministic assignment?

/s

[hallettj@leminal.space]

I use Starship

[catloaf@lemm.ee]

export PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h:\w\a\]\[\e[1;34m\]\u@\h:\w\[\e[0m\]\$ "

I am a simple man.

[golden_zealot@lemmy.ml]

Prompt is pretty simple, mainly just adjusted coloring and added a timestamp.

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;36;01m\]\t \[\033[01;32m\]\u@\[\033[01;37;01m\]\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;36m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '

[deuxchevaux@lemmy.world]

Mine is simple (inspired by Kali Linux, if that's even correct)
PS1='\[\033[0;32m\]┌──[\t] (\u@\h)-[\w]\n└─$ \[\033[0m\]'

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

Same. I guess, this is the Starship thread now. My config:

I adapted it from the Gruvbox Rainbow theme.
I can post my config, if anyone wants specifically that. (It does kind of assume a light background, though.)

[rivalarrival@lemmy.today]

I didn't even know I needed to edit my prompt, but now I don't know how I have lived with it for so long.

[goun@lemmy.ml]

Are you dowloading and sourcing a file from the internet on your prompt? That sounds a bit scary!

[z3ror0ne@lemmy.ml]

I use zsh, but my old Bash prompt looks almost the same ash my Zsh prompt. Sorry, no screenshot, but here's the code:

export PS1='\[\033[01;34m\][\[\033[01;37m\] \W\[\033[01;34m\]]\$\033[01;34m\] $(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '^*' | colrm 1 2)\n\033[01;34m└─>\033[37m '

[nore@sh.itjust.works]

Mine's pretty simple:

## .bashrc
export BLA=$(tput setaf 0) # Black
export RED=$(tput setaf 1) # Red
export GRE=$(tput setaf 2) # Green
export YEL=$(tput setaf 3) # Yellow
export BLU=$(tput setaf 4) # Blue
export MAG=$(tput setaf 5) # Magenta
export CYA=$(tput setaf 6) # Cyan
export WHI=$(tput setaf 7) # White

export BOL=$(tput bold)    # Bold
export ITA=$(tput sitm)    # Italic
export UL=$(tput smul)     # Underline
export NC=$(tput sgr0)     # No color & format

_branch() {
    local branch=$(__git_ps1 "%s")
    if [[ -z $branch ]]; then
        printf "${BLA}null${NC}"
    else 
        printf "${CYA}$branch"
    fi
}

PS1='.\[$(_pwd)\] \[$BLA\]〜 \[$MAG\]git\[$BLA\]:\[$(_branch)\] \n \[$NC$CYA\]\! \[$MAG\]\$ \[$NC\]'

## .inputrc

set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[34m\2.INS
set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[33m\2.CMD

[mbirth@lemmy.ml]

I’m using fish and the default is enough for anybody.

[fluckx@lemmy.world]

I like the timer and the error icon on a fail.
I can't recall how often I think: damn this is taking too long. I should've timed the command

[winety@lemmy.zip]

Mine's really simple; I just make the path bold and yellow:

What I like to do is change the colour depending on the machine I ssh into, e.g. make the path red on my Raspberry Pi.