On Saturday, 11 November 2017 1:48:23 PM AEDT jdow wrote: > On 2017-11-10 16:38, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 11/10/2017 04:21 PM, jdow wrote: > >> On 2017-11-10 15:14, ToddAndMargo wrote: > >>> Dear List, > >>> > >>> Ever cat a binary file by accident and your > >>> terminal gets all screwed up. > >>> > >>> I had a developer on the Perl 6 chat line give me > >>> a tip on how to unscrew your terminal and set it > >>> back to normal. (He way helping me do a binary > >>> read from the keyboard.) > >>> > >>> stty sane^j > >>> > >>> Note: it is <ctr><J>, not "enter". > >>> > >>> -T > >> > >> Make "\033]0;" the first bit of your prompt. Never worry about it again. > >> > >> ESC-0 sets the terminal to have no attribute bits set. So it clears funny > >> display. I've had that as a standard part of my prompts for decades, even > >> back in the CP/M days. > >> {^_^} Joanne > > > > Sweet! > > Here is what I have in my .bash_profile file: > > > if [ "$PS1" ]; then > # extra [ in front of \u unconfuses confused Linux VT parser > PS1="\e[0 [[\\u@\\h:\\l \\w]\\$ " > fi For what its worth, I've been using this for years: PS1="\[\033[01;37m\]\$? \$(if [[ \$? == 0 ]]; then echo \"\[\033[01;32m\] \342\234\223\"; else echo \"\[\033[01;31m\]\342\234\227\"; fi) $(if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then echo '\[\033[01;31m\]\h'; else echo '\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h'; fi)\ [\033[01;34m\] \w \$\[\033[00m\] " Stick it all on one line. Add the \e[0 in front, and that'd be pretty cool :) -- Steven Haigh 📧 [log in to unmask] 💻 http://www.crc.id.au 📞 +61 (3) 9001 6090 📱 0412 935 897