> Well ok its not just a plain colored prompt, what I would like to use is
> this:
>
> txtred='\e[0;31m' # Red
> bldgrn='\e[1;32m' # Green
> txtrst='\e[0m' # Text Reset
> PROMPT_COMMAND=' \
> if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
> PROMPT_PREFIX="$txtred"; \
> else \
> PROMPT_PREFIX="$bldgrn$? "; \
> fi '
>
> PS1='$(echo -ne "$PROMPT_PREFIX")'"\$\[$txtrst\] "
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