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Revision: 4745
at January 18, 2008 19:40 by robh
Initial Code 
export MAX_PATH_LENGTH=25
export PROMPT_COMMAND='PS1="\[\033[0;33m\][\!]\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo "\\[\\033[32m\\]"; else echo "\\[\\033[31m\\]"; fi\`[\u.\h: \`if [[ `pwd|wc -c|tr -d " "` > $MAX_PATH_LENGTH ]]; then echo "\\W"; else echo "\\w"; fi\`]\$\[\033[0m\] "; echo -ne "\033]0;`hostname -s`:`pwd`\007"'
Initial URL 
http://blog.ubrio.us/osx/best-bash-prompt/
Initial Description 
A very dynamic and flexible bash prompt. Personally I find this to have everything needed. It shows exit status, shortens itself for long directories, and shows bash history for easy referencing.

Hopefully it doesn't get messed up.
Initial Title 
Dynamic BASH Prompt
Initial Tags 
Bash, osx
Initial Language 
Bash