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Is it possible to color the prompt ("user@host:~/dir/$") in Bash? Some commands generate a lot of output and it's sometimes hard to find where it started. Coloring would help a lot.

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Found an easy way to do it:

Uncomment force_color_prompt=yes in ~/.bashrc.

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That's certainly the easiest way :) – Little Jawa Nov 19 '10 at 7:30
I absolutely overlooked this option in the ~/.bashrc! Thanx anyways! – Ubuntuser May 4 '11 at 10:54
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Yes you can.See this link

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Check http://bashish.sourceforge.net/screenshot.html :)

It's damn easy to install (click on download in the website and get the deb for ubuntu).

After that just open a terminal and digit bashish to start theming. Close and reopen the terminal and digit

bashish list

to get a list of already built themes.

Have fun :)

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