Modify Terminal Like this

PrabhatProxy · 2020-12-24 08:19:31

How can I make my terminal like this -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Cfphm … p=drivesdk

Hwiparam · 2020-12-24 09:09:13

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50885
Is that what you mean?

othersamo_ · 2020-12-24 09:26:53

PrabhatProxy wrote:

How can I make my terminal like this -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Cfphm … p=drivesdk

I do not have exactly the same look of the terminal. Mine looks more like this: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=powerlevel+10 … ntrast.png

However, you can customise it to suit you. It is powerlevel10k + zsh shell. You can really play with it and get an amazing terminal look. Definitely check it out.
I will send you a video that would help you setting zsh+powerlevel10k:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynL1fYncZ1E

And a cheat sheet:
https://christitus.com/zsh/

Arch wiki page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zsh

You can choose whether you want single line or double line design and many other options.

Hope this helped.

seth · 2020-12-24 13:25:24

That's the PS1 prompt and it doesn't require a specific shell, font or whatever to get what's visible in the screenshot.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ba … tomization

Here's a bunch of control chars you can use:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character

For the more fancy stuff as in othersamo_'s link: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Powerline

Trilby · 2020-12-24 14:01:49

Um ... "It doesn't require a specific shell ... <link-to-BASH-shell-specific-page>"

seth · 2020-12-24 14:16:36

Hey, I'm not responsible for the structure of the arch wiki :-P

There's no general wiki page on the PS1, but
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-l … and_prompt

(also let's be real, OP is either using bash or maybe zsh - where this trivial PS1 syntax will apply. This should™ even work w/ ash)

Trilby · 2020-12-24 14:29:24

I was being a bit facetious due to the odd juxtaposition - and I looked for good generic sources for PS1 configuration ... my search didn't turn up much of value. However, most "customize your BASH prompt" pages found via a web search actually are generic, despite referring only to BASH. A fair bit of the wiki page you linked to though, is really is BASH-specific (e.g. PROMPT_COMMAND, PS3 + PS4).

Aside: I really don't get why some guides make so much use of tput instead of ANSI sequences. Some user's PS1s end up running several dozen subshells and several dozen instances of tput just to get colors that ANSI codes would do much more efficiently and will a shorter PS1 string.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-12-24 14:30:35)

seth · 2020-12-24 16:17:11

Trilby wrote:

I really don't get why some guides make so much use of tput

terminfo fuckups, I assume.
And then copy and paste, of course.

Happy Festivus.

GSMiller · 2020-12-25 22:18:35

PrabhatProxy, be careful how you set your PS1 if bash isn't your main shell, as Trilby tells you:

Trilby wrote:

Um ... "It doesn't require a specific shell ... <link-to-BASH-shell-specific-page>"

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