[username@host ~]$ >

Mine is just status(if not zero) and wd

Mine shows the full path and a new line for commands.

It will also print the exit code of the last command in red above the prompt, if the exit code is not 0.

PS1='$(ec=“$?”; if [ $ec -gt 0 ]; then echo -e “\n”[\e[91m]“exit code: $ec”[\e[0m]; fi)\n[\e[92m]\u[\e[38;5;213m]@[\e[38;5;39m]\h[\e[0m]:$PWD\n$ ’

C:\>

/s

PS1='\[\e[1m\][\[\e[92m\]\u\[\e[0m\]@\[\e[96;1;3m\]\h\[\e[0;1m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[1m\][\[\e[38;5;226m\]\w\[\e[39m\]]\[\e[0m\] \[\e[97;1m\]~\[\e[92;5m\]\$\[\e[0m\] '

Note: The “$” prompt flashes like a typical cursor.

$ or # , depending on whether I’m root.

computer /usr/share/ $>

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

I use Starship

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\[\033[00m\]\$ '

My bash prompt is just me copying the prompt I have set on fish.

# Prompt
green=$'\e[38;5;2m'
bright_red=$'\e[38;5;9m'
bright_green=$'\e[38;5;10m'
reset=$'\e[0m'

prompt_command()
{
    local exit_status=$?

    if [[ $exit_status != 0 ]]; then
        exit_color=$bright_red
        exit_prompt=" [$exit_status]"
    else
        exit_color=$bright_green
        exit_prompt=""
    fi
}

PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command
PS1='\[$green\]\w\[$exit_color\]$exit_prompt\n❯ \[$reset\]'

I have a small issue with this prompt though. Sometimes the ❯ ends up turning white for some reason.

I’m mainly using zsh but I have a backup bash prompt that closely mirrors it. It shows the return value of the previous command if it’s non-zero and gives some information about the current git repository if there is one.

retval() {
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                printf ""
        else
                printf "\001\e[31m\002($?)\001\e[0m\002"
        fi
}

gitbranch() {
        if type git 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null && git rev-parse 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null ; then
                MODIFIED=""
                if [[ -n $(git status --short) ]]; then
                        MODIFIED=" M"
                fi
                BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
                SHORTREF=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
                printf "\001\e[31m\002%s\001\e[0m\002(%s)\001\e[31m\002%s\001\e[0m\002" $BRANCH $SHORTREF $MODIFIED
        else
                echo -n ""
        fi
}

export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=3

PS1='$(retval)[\001\e[1;95m\002\u\001\e[0m\002@\h : \w $(gitbranch)] \$ '
PS2='> '

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\[\e[m\]\[\e[31m\]]\[\e[m\]\\$ "

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.