How do I get a colored bash?

How can I get the bash to look colored like this?

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5 Answers

Open ~/.bashrc in text editor and uncomment line:

#force_color_prompt=yes

to be:

force_color_prompt=yes

save then execute source ~/.bashrc

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I came up with this solution:

• open ~/.bashrc in an editor

• copy this and add it at the end of .bashrc file:

  PS1='\[\033[1;36m\]\u\[\033[1;31m\]@\[\033[1;32m\]\h:\[\033[1;35m\]\w\[\033[1;31m\]\$\[\033[0m\] '

• save the file and restart bashrc:

  source ~/.bashrc

For a full list of available colors and further options look up these links:

• wiki.ubuntuusers
• bash-color-chart

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A version that is a bit more 'general' - should work with a varied environment:
(depends on terminfo)

Insert this in your $HOME/.bashrc:

function fgtab { echo "tput setf/setb - Foreground/Background table" for f in {0..7}; do for b in {0..7}; do echo -en "$(tput setf $f)$(tput setb $b) $f/$b " done echo -e "$(tput sgr 0)" done
}
# The prompt in a somewhat Terminal -type independent manner:
cname="$(tput setf 3)"
csgn="$(tput setf 4)"
chost="$(tput setf 2)"
cw="$(tput setf 6)"
crst="$(tput sgr 0)"
PS1="\[${cname}\]\u\[${csgn}\]@\[${chost}\]\h:\[${cw}\]\w\[${csgn}\]\$\[${crst}\] "

Then execute source ~/.bashrc.

After that, fgtab will display a color table with numbers. Those numbers are for tput setf n and tput setb n where 'n' is the number, 'f' stands for 'foreground' and 'b' stands for 'background' color.

tput sgr 0 will reset foreground and background colors to default.

And as you can see, changing the colors used for the prompt becomes really easy (just edit the same number in $HOME/.bashrc as you wish).

Add an $(tput setb n) in $cname if you wish to have ALL of the prompt with background n.

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If you are using Termux then you can Install zshell which will change everything in your terminal, You can read this post fo the installation.

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I've been having trouble making "force-color-prompt" to work in Ubuntu 20 using Kitty/Putty.

But notice the following code in the default Ubuntu 20 .bashrc file: case "$TERM" in xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=yes;; esac

So in Kitty, go to

1. Connection
2. Data

Then change "Terminal-type string" from "xterm" to "xterm-color" and viola!

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