Bash prompt pimping

Today at work over lunch I read an article in Linux Magazine called Pimped Prompt.

It inspired me to try different stuff out. I often missed an indication on when I was doing different stuff in the terminal… this is what I ended up with:

export PS1='\[\e[0;34m\][\@\e[1D]\[33[0m\] \u@\h:\w\$ '

To make it permanent put it in your .bashrc file in your home directory. Remember that this variable is propably already set so you either need to replace the line or instert closer to the bottom of the file.