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--- programming:bash_notes [2022/06/10 19:19] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ programming:bash_notes [2022/11/04 20:27] (current) – colored prompt with git branch rene
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 <code>
 for f in *; do mv -i "$f" "${f//[\"<>:\*\|\/\?[:space:]]}"; done
+</code>
+=== Colored prompt ===
+Have a colored prompt for the user spanning two lines.
+  * date and time in white
+  * Path in blue color
+  * branch in yellow
+  * username and server in green
+  * command in white
+<code>
+[2022-11-04 20:09.15] ~
+(master)[user@server]: $
+</code>
+The function fetches the branch name and the prompt dispays it.
+<code bash>
+parse_git_branch() {
+     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
+}
+</code>
+<code bash>
+export PS1="\n[\\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M.%S}] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\n\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;32m\][\u@\h]\[\033[00m\]: \$ "
+</code>
+For the root user maybe a red color for the username and server is better
+<code bash>
+export PS1="\n[\\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M.%S}] \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\n\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;31m\][\u@\h]\[\033[00m\]: \$ "
 </code>