1. Colorize Your Bash Prompt
As Bash prompt is set by $PS1, just modify its value by export.
$ vim ~/.bashrc (This is my setting)
export PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\W\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\] 'You'll get:
Of course you can make it like whatever you want it to be.
Let's have a look at the structure of the new $PS1.
export PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\W\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\] 'Actually it's the red letters that set the different colors. They usually appear in pairs. For example, \e[0;32m make all following text green and \e[m end this effect. Note that "\[" and "\]" around them are necessary.
To use other colors, just change the color code, e.g. 0;32 and 1;34.
2. Color Code
Here's a Perl script that will print the color code table in a clear way.
#!/usr/bin/perl print "Color\tCode\tLightColor\tCode\n", "-" x 38, "\n\e[0;30mBlack\e[m\t(0;30)\t\e[1;30mDark Gray\e[m\t(1;30)\n\e[0;31mRed\e[m\t(0;31)\t\e[1;31mLightRed\e[m\t(1;31)\n\e[0;32mGreen\e[m\t(0;32)\t\e[1;32mLightGreen\e[m\t(1;32)\n\e[0;33mBrown\e[m\t(0;33)\t\e[1;33mYellow\e[m\t\t(1;33)\n\e[0;34mBlue\e[m\t(0;34)\t\e[1;34mLightBlue\e[m\t(1;34)\n\e[0;35mPurple\e[m\t(0;35)\t\e[1;35mLightPurple\e[m\t(1;35)\n\e[0;36mCyan\e[m\t(0;36)\t\e[1;36mLightCyan\e[m\t(1;36)\n\e[0;37mLightGray\e[m(0;37)\t\e[1;37mWhite\e[m\t\t(1;37)\n";And here's the color code table.
Now pick your favourite colors! It's so easy!
Enjoy!
3. Reference
[1] http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-change-the-color-of-my-shell-prompt-under-linux-or-unix/
[2] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt
