{"id":4796,"date":"2012-10-17T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2012-10-17T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T17:15:29","slug":"add-a-separator-between-commands-in-linux-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/add-a-separator-between-commands-in-linux-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a Separator Between Commands in Linux Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Lifehacker.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If working in the Terminal gets a little confusing because you run so many commands at once, this little trick will put a separator in between each prompt so you can easily see the last few commands you ran. Blogger Emilis found that his bash prompt was getting a bit too cluttered, so he implemented this tweak to throw a long, dotted line between each command. He also bolded each command he ran, so he could easily scroll back and tell the difference between each command he ran and its output.
\n
\nTo use this on Linux, just copy the following code (available on GitHub as well<\/a>), and put it in a new file called .bash_ps1<\/strong> in your home folder:<\/p>\n


\n# Fill with minuses
\n # (this is recalculated every time the prompt is shown in function prompt_command):
\n fill=\"--- \"
\nreset_style='\\[\\033[00m\\]'
\n status_style=$reset_style'\\[\\033[0;90m\\]' # gray color; use 0;37m for lighter color
\n prompt_style=$reset_style
\n command_style=$reset_style'\\[\\033[1;29m\\]' # bold black
\n # Prompt variable:<\/p>\n

PS1=\"$status_style\"'$fill \\t\\n'\"$prompt_style\"'${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\\u@\\h:\\w\\$'\"$command_style \"<\/p>\n

# Reset color for command output
\n # (this one is invoked every time before a command is executed):
\n trap 'echo -ne \"\\e[0m\"' DEBUG<\/p>\n

function prompt_command {<\/p>\n

# create a $fill of all screen width minus the time string and a space:
\n let fillsize=${COLUMNS}-9
\n fill=\"\"
\n while [ \"$fillsize\" -gt \"0\" ]
\n do
\n fill=\"-${fill}\" # fill with underscores to work on
\n let fillsize=${fillsize}-1
\n done<\/p>\n

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
\n case \"$TERM\" in
\n xterm*|rxvt*)
\n bname=`basename \"${PWD\/$HOME\/~}\"`
\n echo -ne \"\\033]0;${bname}: ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD\/$HOME\/~}\\007\"
\n ;;
\n *)
\n ;;
\n esac<\/p>\n

}
\n PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command
\n<\/code>
\n    
\nThen, run the following command in a Linux Terminal:
\nvim ~\/.bashrc<\/code>
\n 
\nPaste the following code into that file, hit Ctrl+X to save, press Y to confirm, and restart the Terminal.
\n
\nif [ -f \"$HOME\/.bash_ps1\" ]; then
\n . \"$HOME\/.bash_ps1\"
\n fi
\n<\/code>
\n   
\nYou should see your new changes in effect. You should see separators between each command, and those commands will be in bold (while everything else is plain).
\n   
\nFrom Lifehacker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Lifehacker.com If working in the Terminal gets a little confusing because you run so many commands at once, this little trick will put a separator in between each prompt so you can easily see the last few commands you ran. Blogger Emilis found that his bash prompt was getting a bit too cluttered, so… <\/p>\n

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