Change Look of the console...

[theharshone]

Hi
I was wondering if i was possible to change the look of the console.
right now its : user@hostname directory $
i want it to be:(user@hostname time directory)
is it possible?
if so, how would i do it?
Thanks

[jankushka]

Re: Change Look of the console...

sure.
edit your .bashrc file.
look for where the PS1 variable is set.
you'll likely find this line:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

change it so as to have it read like this:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h \t \w\$ '

thus, adding \t.

here's the other time formats you can use on top of \t:

\t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
\T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
\@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
\A the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format

you'll also find another line where PS1 is set.
i'll let figure out whether you need/want to change that as well.

hth

ps:
for changes to be effective you don't need to reboot.
just open a new shell...

[theharshone]

Re: Change Look of the console...

Thanks, but i just copied the profile from my old disro to ~/.bashrc.

now it looks like this: (user@hostname)-(11:01 AM Fri Jun 15)-(directory)