On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:10:06 +0200, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > > Wow, how could you do that? Can you share your code with us? I use > > colored xterms to distinguish those -- easier to do. :-) > > In my root .bashrc I have this: > > export PS1='\e[31;1m\h:\w\$\e[0m ' Also look into the tput program. You tell it what you want (bold, green, etc.) and it outputs appropriate magic for your current terminal. HTH Reid