coloring the ksh prompt

Hi,

Is it possible to use colors at the "ksh" prompt?

I'm not talking about colorsls.

For example here is my prompt:
PS1='\u@\h:\w$ '
Now, how do I color "ONLY" the user (\u) in red at the prompt?

thanks a lot
didier

"didier" <didier.wiroth (at) mcesr.etat.lu> wrote:[color=blue]
> Is it possible to use colors at the "ksh" prompt?
>
> I'm not talking about colorsls.
>
> For example here is my prompt:
> PS1='\u@\h:\w$ '
> Now, how do I color "ONLY" the user (\u) in red at the prompt?[/color]

PS1='\e[1;31m\u\e[0m@\h:\w$ '

Google for ANSI escape sequences.

You may want to look at ksh's \[ and \] also.

didier <didier.wiroth (at) mcesr.etat.lu> wrote:
[color=blue]
> For example here is my prompt:
> PS1='\u@\h:\w$ '
> Now, how do I color "ONLY" the user (\u) in red at the prompt?[/color]

PS1="\[$(tput setaf 1)\]\u\[$(tput op)\]@\h:\w\$ "

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thanks a lot!!!