Pretty Bash Prompt

Just a simple little bash prompt.

Add this to your ~/.bash_profile to get a pretty prompt.

PS1='\n\[\e[31;22m\]\d \t\e[32;0m\n\u@\[\e[32;0m\]\H:\w>'
Fri Nov 07 09:26:20
user@host:~>

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