Here's a trick for your prompt...
A fragment from my .bashrc:
temp=$(tty)
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${temp:5}
${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
'
else
PS1='${temp:5} ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
That will put the name of the tty in the beginning of the prompt string.
So you can see where you are:
pts/0 mike@intruder:~$
Which shows me it's the first SSH connection to intruder.
Or you get:
tty0 mike@intruder:~$
If it's local.
That way if you have several sessions on the same machine, or if you
have multiple virtual consoles open, you can always tell which it is.
Mike
On 05/08/2016 14:32, Jeffery Mewtamer wrote:
cd - sounds like one of those tiny, but infinitely useful tricks I
wish I had learned years ago.
In returns, here's a little trick I've learned recently(though I'll
admit I still use the more cumbersome method out of habit):
ctrl+l will clear the terminal. Not that useful, but it's still many
fewer keystrokes than typing the clear command.
Also, PS1=STRING will change the command prompt to STRINg. PS1=$ is
usually the first command I type when launching a fresh terminal since
my terminal screenreader likes to repeat the prompt every time a new
empty prompt is displayed, I tab complete more than one character, or
cycle through my command history and I don't need constant reminders
of my user and host names and if I forget what directory I'm currently
in, I have pwd for that. Though, if anyone knows what config file I
need to alter to make $ the default prompt, or go a step further and
make the prompt say tty followed by the active terminal number, that
would be great.
