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How can I limit the number of directories in my prompt?
On my Mac OS X 10.6, I have my prompt set to
PS1='\[\033[01;32m\][\w\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;34m\]$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\033[01;32m\]]\[\033[00m\]\$ '
How can I limit the number of directories in my ...
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Get current window number for bash prompt
I want to replace status bar with bash prompt displaying window number like ①. How can I get current window number in the shell?
There's TMUX_PANE env variable, unfortunately no TMUX_WINDOW.
The ...
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How can I put a newline in my zsh prompt without causing terminal redraw issues?
I'm trying to fix a minor (but annoying) issue with my zsh prompt. The problem I'm seeing is that when I'm using a terminal in a GUI OS environment (for example, Terminal.app or iTerm 2 on OS X ...
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Why does this bash prompt sometimes keep part of previous commands when scrolling history?
My bash prompt, which I'll admit to have stolen from a few places and cobbled together, will sometimes add part of previous commands to its length when scrolling the bash history with up/down arrows.
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modify login prompt or header (/etc/issue) to display ip address of the machine
I work with a lot of virtual machines. For testing and preproduction set up.
I would like the login promt or header to display the ip address of the machine. That way when I start it up I can see ...
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How can I remove new line character in prompt?
As you can see in the screenshot, I have an unneeded newline character in my prompt. Anyone know how to do remove this character from my prompt?
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Bash prompt output colors change after first 2 lines of output
I customized my bash PS1 prompt with this ~/.bashrc file.
I can't seem to figure out why my output colors change after the first 2 lines of output.
Any ideas what could be causing the issue?
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How do I change the default prompt from “#” to “>”?
How can I change the default prompt in Linux (red-hat 5.4) from "#" to ">"?
example
[root@moon11 root]#
to
[root@moon11 root]>
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zsh right-justify in ps1
I'd like a multi-line zsh prompt with a right alined part, that will look something like this:
2.nate@host:/current/dir 16:00
->
I know about ...
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How do I change shell prompt permanently?
I use PS=$ to change the shell prompt to $, but when I restart the shell, I have to do it again. Is there a way to change the shell prompt permanently?
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IE8 prompts to download xml files
I'll try to keep this short. When I navigate to an intranet site by directly typing the ip address into IE8, IE8 will grab an xml file from the device and the xml file will run and display the web ...
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How to fix my bash prompt with long lines?
I have the following bash prompt:
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
RESET='\e[0m'
export PS1="$GREEN[\W]$YELLOW \$(__git_ps1 \"(%s) \")$RESET\\$ "
It looks like this:
Which is what ...
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Custom prompt botched during history and control-a in OS X's Terminal.app using Bash
I customized my prompt in .bash_profile to look like this:
export PS1="\w \e[0;32m\$(vcprompt -f '[%n:%b]')\e[m\$ "
Now, when I press up arrow to go back through history, find the one I want, then ...
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How can I view all the results outputted to the Command Prompt?
The output from running aircrack-ng shows all the packets from the capture file, but I'm unable to view the top of this output, only the last 150 lines.
I need to view the top in order to find the ...
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~/.profile not being executed when Terminal opens? [OS X 10.6.8]
Somehow my bash prompt got changed to "elementary:~ steven$" and I want to change it back to the default prompt. I've added the following first to ~/.bashrc then to ~/.profile:
export PS1="\s-\v\$ "
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Mac OS X Lion terminal places command prompt in the middle of PS1 envvar
Before I installed Lion opening a terminal window placed the cursor at the end of the prompt like so:
Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirschs-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils--><cursor>
Now ...
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Windows 7 batch file: Why are these IF blocks keeping me from assigning variables to a value?
Here's the broken batch file:
@echo off
if prod==prod (
if xps==xps (
set i1=prodxpsi1
set i2=prodxpsi2
set e1=prodxpse1
set e2=prodxpse2
) else (
set ...
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Windows 7 command prompt: rename files located on a network path (UNC path)
In the command prompt, I need a way up rename a file on a remote server. Conceptually, this is what I am looking for:
ren \\servername\folder\file.txt \\servername\folder\file2.txt
Aside from using ...
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Does the non-printing characters escape characters still needed for PS1 definition?
While modifying the definition of my PS1, I saw that "\[" and "\]" markers should be added to help bash to compute the right display lenght. Many exemples on the web do not use them or even mention ...
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tmux: sharing current window title (#T) from within nested tmux sessions
I have begun using tmux recently to really improve my terminal sessions. One thing I need to be able to do is connect to a remote server, which is also running tmux. However, I have found that the ...
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How do I hide the path in command line prompt on Windows?
I'm working on Windows 7 using the cmd console.
How do I hide the path in the prompt?
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FreeBSD 8.2: Keystrokes in Bash do not show up
I just installed the latest FreeBSD 8.2 distro using Parallels Desktop. Problem: Whatever I type in the Bash/Shell it is not echoed on the screen. It's behaving like a password prompt. As soon I hit ...
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Kaspersky 2012 Firewall - prompt on new connection attempts
How can I get Kaspersky 2012 Firewall to ask me everytime if I want to allow or deny an application to connect to the internet the first time it asks and have it remember that until the application ...
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Tmux and ZSH custom prompt : bug with window name
I have customized my ZSH prompt with oh-my-zsh to make it more readable and add information about git if I'm in a repository.
Example :
bob@inf [~/docs] %
bob@inf [~/src/nicest] master % (in a git ...
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Escape non-printing characters in a function for a Bash prompt
In a Bash Prompt (PS1 variable), I'm calling a function to potentially add text to the prompt: export PS1="\u@\h \$(my_function) \$ "
However, the function in the prompt contains ANSI color codes ...
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Making Linux shell prompt show last return value
I'm currently on a Linux machine and the shell prompt is showing me the last return value and number of executed commands (picture included, with these numbers shown in purple).
My own computer ...
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attrib -s-r C:\<folder path>/d/s Just wont work?
I'm trying to change a file within a game I have installed on my computer, but the read only attribute won't change. I've researched this and found a way using the Command Prompt where I can change ...
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Bash Prompt Loses Characters
After writing a new prompt for Bash, I noticed that one character of my commands were being lost when it wrapped to the new line. Here is an image of the example (I typed 1234567890 over and over):
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Is it possible to get bash to display the first letter of each directory in my working path?
For example working in:
/home/stuart/src/project/com/example/package
/usr/lib/python2.6
would appear as:
~/s/p/c/e/package$
/u/l/python2.6$
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order for loop output command prompt
I'm doing the following to list some of my favorite videos in a directory (I'm going to pipe them into a text file soon..)
for %i in (*avi *.mkv *mp4) do @echo %~ni
I'd like to alphabetically order ...
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Running 2 explorer.exe instances with the “RunAs” Command
I've created 2 batch files. The first called admin.bat with the lines:
@echo off
cls
runas /env /user:ADOMAIN\Administrator "\\path\dir\explorer.bat"
and the other called explorer.bat with the ...
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See error code in bat file
In windows prompt i am launching an app. I'd like to see the error code it returns. How do i display it?
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Bash prompt breakdown
Can anyone explain the Ubuntu's bash prompt?
It's basically username@box:~$ but the part that confuses me is $.
Is it just a letter that can be of preference, or it has some actual meaning?
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Do I need to enclose ANSI escape sequences in \[ and \] in a bash prompt?
I want to customize my bash prompt using ANSI escape codes and have noticed that in some howtos the codes are enclosed in \[ and \] while in others they aren't.
For exaple, these work equally well ...
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Bash command prompt overwrites the current line
My bash command prompt is:
\e[32;1m[\e[m\h.\u \e[33;1m\W\e[m\e[32;1m]\e[0;36m::\e[m
There must be something wrong with it, because on long lines, the current line is overwritten, instead of ...
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Determine/resolve filepath/alias of a certain command in the Windows command prompt
How can I find out to which filepath (or alias) a certain command input will point to, in the Windows command prompt? Specifically Windows XP, info on other versions also appreciated!
On Unix systems ...
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In GNU Screen, Recalled bash history command displays one character position to the left of actual location
I am running Red Hat 5 32-bit (2.6.18-194.26.1.el5).
The issue is that when I recall any previous command in bash's history, the first character in the command is displayed immediately after the ...
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How do I create a Windows Batch file that does not show the Command Prompt when executed?
I have installed a ruby gem called Redcar, which is launched from the command line. When it runs, it steals the shell until it terminates, so I have to create a new shell window to continue doing ...
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disable possword policy using command prompt in Server 2008
Is there a way to disable password policy in Windows Server 2008 using command prompt. I know how to do it using Local Security Policy in Administrative Tools. I was wondering if there is a way to ...
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Force prompt on specific directories
Is there a way to change the prompt on a different directories on the same machine? For example, I want a simple prompt "[\W] \$" in development directories.
Ideas?
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No Telnet login prompt when used over SSH tunnel
I have a device, let's call it d1, runnning a lightweight Linux. This device is NATed by my internet box/router, hence not reachable from the Internet. That device runs a telnet daemon on it, and only ...
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OpenSSL without prompt
I am using following code to generate keys:
apt-get -qq -y install openssl;
mkdir -p /etc/apache2/ssl;
openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024;
openssl req -new -key server.key -out ...
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Pushing my PS1 prompt over ssh
I use a specific PS1 prompt that I like. I share a few logins with other other people on a few different servers. I was wondering if there was a way to specify in my local bash profile a remote prompt ...
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Lightning bolt for prompt (PS1)
I've seen on a few screencasts a while back where someone had a lightning bolt instead of $ on the bash prompt.
Does anyone know how to do this?
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How to correctly set GNU Screen to display currently running program in hardstatus
In bash, to display the name of the current program in the GNU Screen hardstatus line takes only two configuration lines.
First, tell screen what the end of your prompt normally looks like, and supply ...
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How can I minimise my Bash shell prompt?
Currently the terminal prompt looks like this:
[karlis@karlis-desktop current_folder]$
How can I minimize the prompt, so that it only shows $ or # without extra info in square brackets?
I checked ...
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How can I display the absolute path in bash prompt?
I currently have my bash PS1 set to something like this:
PS1="\[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo '\e[32m\h\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m\h\e[0m' ; fi\`:\w\n\$ "
How can I make it show the absolute path ...
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How to highlight current folder in Bash prompt?
I'd like to use the \w variable in .bashrc, but I want the prompt to highlight the current end-directory. Something like this:
/usr/local/<strong>bin</strong>
How can I do that?
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How to Run an app as Administrator without the prompt?
When I start SQL Server Management Studio 2008, I an error that's been around forever and is documented here. One of the suggestions to fix it that actually worked was to start SSMS with Run as ...
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How to make bash update its idea of hostname
My bash prompt shows my hostname. If I change my hostname with the hostname command, in /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname and $HOSTNAME, the prompt still uses the old name. Is it possible to update this ...
