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[Question] Which shell prompt do you use and why? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 1 year ago by stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi. I've been using powerlevel10k for a long time, but a few days ago, I decided I wanted to customize it a bit. I opened the .p10k.zsh file, and I was shocked. It's really massive, with TONS of options. I've been digging through for a few hours already, and it's absolutely amazing how much you can customize it without actually programming anything. I was wondering what other people are using. So my questions are:

Do you customize your shell prompt?
If yes, do you use some framework or pre-made theme, or do you just configure it the vanilla way in your bashrc/zshrc/...
How is your experiences with it so far?
Share screenshot of your prompts, please (Sadly, my prompt is currently half done, so I can't really share it)

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[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used variations of the same homecooked bash prompt ever since my FreeBSD days 25 years ago, up until Parrotsec made me realize that a prompt doesn't have to be confined to one line.

So now I use:

username@host:/full/path #
:

...with a bunch of colors and special characters to make it more readable at a glance. That colon represents the input line.

To conserve some space I only used last part of CWD before, but now that it's multiline I can use the full path, making it easier when I need to copy-paste an scp-friendly path, as I'm usually working across a bunch of different usernames and hosts.