No Linux No Life – How to Modify Command Prompt

By default, the Linux system’s Terminal prompt displays the full path of your current directory, which can sometimes be cumbersome, especially when navigating deep into a directory structure. So, here’s what I did to make the user prompt shorter, simpler, and more user-friendly.

vim ~/.bashrc

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    #PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
    PS1='\[\e[32m\]$(whoami):\[\e[34m\]\W\[\e[0m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='\W\$ '
fi

source ~/.bashrc