While True Do - Bash Prompt

| A bash prompt that shows information, only if you really need them.

Features

Screenshot

The terminal emulator you can see here is Tilix (formerly known as terminix). Screenshot is taken by daniel-wtd.

Error Display

Shows a little, red "x" at the beginning of the prompt, if the last command was not successful or returns non-zero.

Git integration

The usage of git-prompt.sh is implemented and will be used, if git is installed. So you can see the git status in your prompt, when joining a git directory.

Coloring

Root is colored in red, systemusers in yellow and regular users in green.

Background Job Counter

Displays a background job counter (jobs), if there are background jobs.

Remote Affinity

When working locally, the prompt has no hostname. After ssh-ing into another host you can see the hostname in the prompt.

Requirements

Git Integration is only tested on Fedora based Systems, openSUSE, archlinux and Ubuntu.

• RedHat 7.x
• CentOS 7.x
• Fedora 23+
• openSUSE 42.2
• archlinux

Installation

You can run the installer as root for global installation or as a user for installation in your home directory.

1. Please Download the release package from https://github.com/while-true-do/bash-prompt/releases
2. Unpack it via unzip
3. Make the installer executable chmod +x install.sh
4. Run the installer ./install.sh

Dependencies

Git and git-completion is needed, if you want to use the git-prompt.

License

This work is licensed under a BSD License.

Contribute / Bugs

bug reports: https://github.com/while-true-do/bash-prompt/issues

contributers: https://github.com/while-true-do/bash-prompt/graphs/contributors

Author Information

blog: https://blog.while-true-do.org

github: https://github.com/daniel-wtd

contact: [email protected]