How can I make my shell prompt look like a cheeseburger?

Question

I want my shell prompt to look like a cheeseburger!

It would be nice if it also displayed: username, hostname, and current directory.

Answer 1

great choice!

$ sudo apt-get install ttf-ancient-fonts
$ export PS1="\\u@\h \\w  "

enjoy.

Answer 2

Putting a cheeseburger on the prompt:

1. Install a unicode font that contains this character:

   sudo apt-get install ttf-ancient-fonts
   

2. Try the prompt:

   export PS1="\\u@\h \\w   "
   

3. Make permanent the change (if you don't do that, it will reset once terminal is closed):

   • Run nano .bashrc
   • Go to the 59th line approx. (You can view the current line number pressing Ctrl+C)

   • Locate these lines:

     if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
         PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
     else
         PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
     fi
     

   • Replace \$ character a the end of the lines beginning with PS1= by the cheeseburger:

     if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
         PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]  '
     else
         PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\  '
     fi
     

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Typing a cheeseburger everywhere (linux only):

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+U
2. A underlined lowercase u will appear.
3. Type 1f354
4. Press Return
5. A nice cheeseburger will appear.

Answer 3

I couldn't help but take this probably a step too far. This version updates your prompt to display a different character based on time of day, to illustrate what you should be doing at that time.

declare -A pp
pp=(["09"]="" ["07"]="" ["08"]="" [10]="" [11]="" [12]="" [13]="" [14]="" [15]="" [16]="" [17]="" [18]="" [19]="" [20]="" [24]="")
u_pp() {
  c=${pp[`date +"%H"`]}
  if [[ $c == "" ]]; then
    c=${pp[24]}
  fi
  PS1='\u@\h:\w${c} '
};
u_pp
export PROMPT_COMMAND="u_pp;"

Probably there's a more concise way to do it; my bash isn't all that great.

To add the current time of day on the left side, replace the assignment of PS1:

PS1='[\@] \u@\h:\w${c} '

Answer 4

If you can't install the 'ancient fonts' maybe a sideways ASCII art cheeseburger would work?

export PS1="\\u@\h \\w (||]"

Of course, there could be different ways of typing this, possibly including lettuce, pickles, etc.

Answer 5

You can use the following code to create a useful and colorful prompt with an ASCII art hamburger. Well... to be correct, this is a cheeseburger, red meat, with salad on white Italian bread! Special delight! ;-)

Login as the user, go to the home folder and open the bashrc file:

vim ~/.bashrc 

Add or replace the following line:

export PS1="\[\e[01;37m\][\[\e[0m\]\[\e[01;32m\]\u\[\e[0m\]\[\e[00;37m\]@\[\e[0m\]\[\e[01;34m\]\h\[\e[0m\]\[\e[00;37m\] \[\e[0m\]\[\e[00;37m\]\t\[\e[0m\]\[\e[01;37m\] \W \e[1;37m(\e[1;32m|\e[1;33m|\e[1;31m|\e[1;37m]\\$ \[\e[0m\]"

Result (no colors):

[john@server003 15:39:14 ~ (|||]$

• Create your own format using the bashrcgenerator.
• List of color codes

Answer 6

Green Cheeseburger:

export PS1='\[\e[1;32m\][\u@\h \W]\ \[\e[0m\] '

Red Cheesburger:

export PS1='\[\e[1;31m\][\u@\h \W]\ \[\e[0m\] '

Bicycle:

export PS1="\\u@\h \\w  "

or

export PS1="\\u@\h \\w  "

Love hearts:

export PS1="\\u@\h \\w      "

Show the time on the left and a watch on the right:

export PS1="[\@] \u@\h  "

Answer 7

Aside from pasting the emoji into the prompt definition directly, you can use the Unicode code point for cheeseburger with printf and command substitution within the prompt:

$ PS1='$(printf "\U0001f354") $ '
 $ echo "Hello,my cheesy prompt!"
Hello,my cheesy prompt!
 $