How to get a colored prompt on FreeBSD
FreeBSD uses the csh as standard shell for the user accounts. This post shows how to get some colors with your prompt.
Requirements
The following requirements have to be in place to be able to implement what is described in this post:
- an up to date FreeBSD version 10.x or 11.x
A colored prompt
You can also add colors to your prompt. Here at SoCruel.NU prompt colors are used to distingish which system and which user account is used. I.e. an internet facing system has a different prompt than an internal system and root has another prompt then a normal user.
You can set the colors of your prompt with the set prompt command in your users .cshrc file. An example of a colored prompt used at SoCruel.NU is:
set prompt="%{\e[31;1m%}%n%{\e[37m%}@%{\e[31;1m%}%m%{\e[37m%}:%{\e[32;1m%}%C%{\e[37m%} "\$"%{\e[0m%} "
Resources
Some (other) resources about this subject: