Ask HN: Looking for a directory of PS1 command prompts. Like awesome lists
Command line bros, assemble!
PS1 is the settings that give you the cool prompts on the command line.
I've gone searching for a directory of PS1's where I can browse, save, and try out different command prompts.
Do i need to make this? Or is my google-fu, perplexity-fu, and gpt-fu just not where it needs to be?
Or do I need to make one? Here is mine as an example. I started with oh-my-zsh, then moved to bash and just keep the basic information I need. I wonder if Oh my Zsh and its equivalents for other shells might be what you're really after? That is basically what Oh My Zsh does for zsh: https://ohmyz.sh/ Even if you don't use zsh you can look at the source code and adapt the prompts for the shell you are using. I think people mostly just use powerlevel10k and various themes. You can just use Starship
Note: I've used toolbox and distrobox, so the function at the top was just to add what current env I'm in. Kinda like venv. # Simple prompt
function set_bash_prompt {
status=$?
container=""
if test -f /run/.containerenv; then
container="($(cat /run/.containerenv | grep name | cut -d\" -f2)) "
fi
if test $status -eq 0 ; then
# Last command succeeded, set prompt to green
PS1="\[\e[0;32m\]"
else
# Last command failed, set prompt to red
PS1="\[\e[0;31m\]"
fi
PS1+="$container\w \$ \[\e[0m\]"
}
if [ -n "$SSH_CONNECTION" ]; then
export PS1="\u@\h: \w \$ "
else
# export PS1="\e[0;32m\]\w $ \[\e[0m\]"
PROMPT_COMMAND=set_bash_prompt
fi
export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=1 # number of trailing directory to retain when using \w