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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.

Much Appreciated.

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You should write one question per post, answering multiple questions is confusing and it doesn't allow to properly account for that is answered already. – João Pinto Dec 6 '10 at 13:40
ok, ill edit it and create another one. thanks for the heads up. – theTuxRacer Dec 6 '10 at 13:47
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Duplicate question with askubuntu.com/questions/13892/… – teo96 Dec 6 '10 at 14:33

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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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About the prompt colors, check the following link: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html

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