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Green $PS1 with $USD bitcoin price from wink.sh
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from your home folder, type "vim .bashrc" | |
type "i" to edit; add the following section to your bashrc file under "# User specific aliases and functions": | |
you can use `SHIFT+INSERT` to paste text into the terminal | |
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# (optional) | |
# Limit directory path shown in prompt to only display current and one parent directory | |
# Example: user@hostname ../firstparent/currentdir/ $ | |
export PROMPT_DIRTRIM=2 | |
# Create and export DOLAMT USD value variable | |
# Make sure you have run wink.sh at least once already | |
export DOLAMT="$(cat $HOME/bin/wink/dolamt.log)" | |
# Original $PS1 | |
# export PS1='[\u@\h \W]\ ' | |
# New PS1 - Green Color with USD btc value: | |
export PS1='\[\e[1;32m\]\u@\h \$$DOLAMT: \w${text}$\[\e[m\] ' | |
# run "$ source ~/.bashrc" to load changes w/o logging out | |
# example output: user@hostname $1000: ~$ | |
# gist URL: https://gist.github.com/84adam/f3ac53ea1ce783440b946fa48e22c87d | |
--- | |
save and quit: ":wq" | |
run "source ~/.bashrc" to load the new changes | |
# If you notice the Price ($USDBTC) not updating, run wink.sh again first... | |
# Or set a cron/anacron job to auto-update this. |
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Red version for 'root' user: