As an example to work with, here's mine. RESET="\[\017\]" NORMAL="\[\033[0m\]" RED="\[\033[31;1m\]" GREEN="\[\033[32;1m\]" YELLOW="\[\033[33;1m\]" BLUE="\[\033[34;1m\]" WHITE="\[\033[37;1m\]" SMILEY="${GREEN}:)${NORMAL}" FROWNY="${RED}:(${NORMAL}" SELECT="if [ \$? = 0 ]; then echo \"${SMILEY}\"; else echo \"${FROWNY}\"; fi" # Throw it all together PS1="${RESET}${GREEN}\u@\h${NORMAL} ${BLUE}\W \`${SELECT}\` ${GREEN}\$${NORMAL} " What that does is give username@boxname in green. Directory in blue, and then either a green smiley if your last command exited with code 0 (succeeded), or a red frowny if it exited with non-zero (didn't succeed). I don't remember offhand where I nabbed it from, but I added it because I was tired of always doing echo $? to see if some goofy command like named-checkconf exited with nonzero. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > That Cyberciti page is pretty detailed. I would suggest you go with it. > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Keith Smith > wrote: > >> >> I have been interested in this also. Found this site : >> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell- >> setup-prompt.html >> >> >> On 2015-01-02 19:17, joe@actionline.com wrote: >> >>> I recently purchased a new Dell laptop, delete M$, >>> installed Linux Mint, and I'm in the process of >>> setting it up the way I want it. >>> >>> How can I change the command line prompt from the current: >>> >>> "joe@joe-dell-Inspiron-3542:>" >>> >>> to just: "joe:>" >>> >>> Also, I'd like to be able to turn the touchpad off and on >>> but the only suggested method I have found to do this >>> does not work for me: synclient TouchpadOff=1 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com