04-28-2016, 04:17 PM
LS_COLORS=$LS_COLORS:'di=0;36:fi=0;37' ; export LS_COLORS
#terminal prompt
export PS1='\[\e[1;31m\]\u @ \h \w ->\n\[\e[1;36m\] \@ \d \$\[\e[m\] '
This is a line from my .bashrc file which produces a double line prompt with time and date underneath in cyan and the user name hostname in red
hope this is more useful to your script request
cheers mike