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Weblog:   Changing your bash prompt hostname in Tiger
Subject:   I like this...
Date:   2005-10-25 14:05:49
From:   harleycooper
function prompt
{
local WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
local BRIGHTGREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
local GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
local CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
local GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
PS1="${WHITE}.oO( ${GREEN}\u${BRIGHTGREEN}@${GREEN}\h ${CYAN}\W${WHITE} )${GRAY} "
}
prompt


creates a prompt that looks kinda like
.oO( user@hostname Desktop )
with purty colours...