Monday, 5 August 2013

How do you change the Colour of your Linux prompt

Login to your Linux Box and give the below command in your shell.


 export PS1="\[$(tput setaf 3)\]\u@\h:\w # \[$(tput sgr0)\]"

 Various color codes for the tput command

Color {code} Color
0 Black
1 Red
2 Green
3 Yellow
4 Blue
5 Magenta
6 Cyan
7 White

Enjoy

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