I wanted more information in my bash prompt, such as date/time and the directory I was in. Here’s what it looks like:
And this is what I added in my ~/.bash_profile:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\d \T > \[$(tput sgr0)\]\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] : \[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\n\$ '
Run source ~/.bash_profile and enjoy. 🙂
BTW, there’s also a website that you can use to create your own: http://bashrcgenerator.com/.