Colorful Command Prompt

gistfile1.sh

### ALIASES ###
   alias ls="ls -GF"
### END ALIASES ###

## COLORS ##
   DULL=0
   BRIGHT=1

   FG_BLACK=30
   FG_RED=31
   FG_GREEN=32
   FG_YELLOW=33
   FG_BLUE=34
   FG_VIOLET=35
   FG_CYAN=36
   FG_WHITE=37

   FG_NULL=00

   BG_BLACK=40
   BG_RED=41
   BG_GREEN=42
   BG_YELLOW=43
   BG_BLUE=44
   BG_VIOLET=45
   BG_CYAN=46
   BG_WHITE=47

   BG_NULL=00
### END COLORS ###

### ANSI ESCAPES ###
   ESC="\033"
   NORMAL="\[$ESC[m\]"
   RESET="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_WHITE};${BG_NULL}m\]"
### END ANSI ESCAPES ###

### DULL TEXT ###
   BLACK="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_BLACK}m\]"
   RED="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_RED}m\]"
   GREEN="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_GREEN}m\]"
   YELLOW="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_YELLOW}m\]"
   BLUE="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_BLUE}m\]"
   VIOLET="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_VIOLET}m\]"
   CYAN="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_CYAN}m\]"
   WHITE="\[$ESC[${DULL};${FG_WHITE}m\]"
### END DULL TEXT ###

### BRIGHT TEXT ###
   BRIGHT_BLACK="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_BLACK}m\]"
   BRIGHT_RED="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_RED}m\]"
   BRIGHT_GREEN="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_GREEN}m\]"
   BRIGHT_YELLOW="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_YELLOW}m\]"
   BRIGHT_BLUE="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_BLUE}m\]"
   BRIGHT_VIOLET="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_VIOLET}m\]"
   BRIGHT_CYAN="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_CYAN}m\]"
   BRIGHT_WHITE="\[$ESC[${BRIGHT};${FG_WHITE}m\]"
### END BRIGHT TEXT ###

# Determine if we should color the prompt.
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
    shopt -s checkwinsize
    PS1="${BLUE}[\u@\h \w]# ${RESET}"
fi