Pretty Powershell Prompt

profile.ps1

# Put it to $PROFILE

function prompt {
    $path = Get-Location
    $parts = $path.Path -split '\\'

    # Extract drive letter and first folder
    $drive = $parts[0]
    $topFolder = if ($parts.Count -gt 1) { $parts[1] } else { "" }

    # Render drive letter in orange
    Write-Host "$drive\" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkYellow

    # Render top folder in blue if it starts with "Coding"
    if ($topFolder -match "^Coding") {
        Write-Host "$topFolder" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Blue
    } else {
        Write-Host "$topFolder" -NoNewline
    }

    # Print remaining path
    $lastFolder = $parts[-1]
    if ($parts.Count -gt 3) {

        Write-Host "\...\" -NoNewline
        Write-Host "$lastFolder" -NoNewline
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "\$lastFolder" -NoNewline
    }

    return " >"
}