This is my little mini script to put in /etc/bashrc to make your bash prompt colorful!

black="\033[0;30m\]" red="\033[1;31m\]" white="\033[1;37m\]" blue="\033[0;34m\]" green="\033[1;32m\]" cyan="\033[1;36m\]" yellow="\033[1;33m\]" purple="\033[0;35m\]" brown="\033[0;33m\]" gray="\033[0;37m\]" reset="\033[0m\]" rootc=$red userc=$cyan hostc=$white dirc=$yellow if [ "$BASH" ]; then if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then #Special prompt for root prompt="$rootc\u$gray@$hostc\h$dirc(\w)$reset\n:" PS1=$prompt else #Prompt for the rest of the users prompt="$userc\u$white@$hostc\h$dirc(\w)$reset\n:" PS1=$prompt fi fi export PATH PS1