How to color a prompt on FreeBSD/cshrc?

Question

I\'m being put in charge of managing a bunch of servers, I want to set up my prompts on each of them so that I don\'t get confused as to where I am logged in to.

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Answer 1

This page has a pretty good explanation, although the syntax is a bit different in csh. Here's what I came up with:

set prompt="%{\e[32;1m%}%n%{\e[37m%}@%{\e[33m%}%m%{\e[37m%}:%{\e[36m%}%~%{\e[37m%}"\$"%{\e[0m%} "
# root variation:
set prompt="%{\e[31;1m%}root%{\e[37m%}@%{\e[33m%}%m%{\e[37m%}:%{\e[36m%}%/%{\e[37m%}#%{\e[0m%} "

update: the previous prompt I had here didn't actually update when you changed directories. using %n, %~ and %m instead of $cwd or pwd actually update. see here.

%{ ... %} means the stuff between should take 0-width
\e[ ... m specifies the colors and bolding. \e escapes the [ which seems to be necessary (I believe it's equivalent to \033), the m signifies the end.

Use 0 as your color to reset to default.

If you want to set a color and background, simply separate the numbers with semi-colons. Use 1 to enable bolding.

Consult this table to choose your colors:

_{(source: funtoo.org)}

So for example, "Hello World" in bold, cyan on a red background would be %{\e[36;41;1m%}Hello World%{\e[0m%}