Change the terminal prompt
Solution 1
Run the following command in a terminal to open ~/.bashrc
file:
gedit ~/.bashrc
When .bashrc
opens, locate and uncomment force_color_prompt=yes
(remove the hash, so it no longer looks like: #force_color_prompt=yes
) and change the value of PS1
in something like:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@<anything-you-want>\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
More about: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html
Solution 2
The second part after the @ is the name of your computer. Change it!
Change it in 2 places:
sudo gedit /etc/filename
Replace 'filename' first by 'hosts' and then by 'hostname'
then find "itachi-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC" and change it to a desired name. Make sure that the name you choose is without spaces.
Save the file.
Restart the computer and you are done! Samjha?
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Lakshmi Narayanan
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Lakshmi Narayanan over 1 year
This can be really trivial,but it helps in ways of making it more comfortable while coding and sending commands to terminal.
My terminal source/bash/root name(my apologies, I dunno which is the right word), reads as follows :
itachi@itachi-HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$
Can you please tell me how Can I shorten this or change it? The second part after '@' is too long. Is there anyway to change this.? Thanks in advance..
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Panther almost 11 yearsYou edit / set your prompt in ~/.bashrc, there are several options. See the answer above as well as cyberciti.biz/tips/… You could also shorten your hostname.
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Lakshmi Narayanan almost 11 yearsThanks for additional info :). It worked with the previous answer too. This is good info to know :).