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  1. 1 Bash password prompt
  2. 2 Windows' command prompt : How to DEFINITELY change default codepage
  3. 3 Pretty PS1 Prompt for Bash

Bash password prompt

to password shell mac bash prompt unix stty dd by jv on Jan 23, 2008 
#!/bin/bash

# cf. Creating password prompts using Bash, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=269592

# For yet another example of how to use keys in shell scripts see:
# arrows - example how to use cursor keys in ksh scripts,
# http://www.shelldorado.com/scripts/quickies/arrows.txt


stty_orig=$(stty -g) 

# Init some stuff...
pass=''
blank='false'

# Main loop executed once for each char typed...
while [[ "$blank" != "true" ]]; do
   stty -icanon -echo
   c=$(dd bs=6 count=1 2> /dev/null)

   # Check for a CR.
   if [ -z "$(printf -- "$c" | tr -d "\r\n")" ]; then
      blank='true'
   else
      stty echo
      echo -n "*"
      pass="$pass$c"
      stty -echo
   fi
done

stty icanon echo

echo
printf -- "$pass\n"

stty "$stty_orig"

exit 0

Windows' command prompt : How to DEFINITELY change default codepage

to shell prompt windows codepage advanced by neologfr on Apr 19, 2006 5 Comments
Want to use WinLatin1 (1252) instead of DOSLatin1 (850, default when cmd.exe is started) ?

You want to apply the new codepage to :
- the current opened command prompt
C:\> chcp 1252

- all the opened command prompt in the future
Start->Run->regedit
Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage]
And change the "OEMCP" value to "1252"

You need to restart your computer to see the changes.

So you'll be able to display extended characters (such as accents and so on)

==

Don't know how to check the command prompt's codepage ?
C:\> chcp


==

Want to see the result in practice ?
Edit a codepage.txt file and type "à la bonne heure, ça marche ! (peut être)", then open a command prompt and check this out :
C:\> type codepage.txt

Pretty PS1 Prompt for Bash

to shell bash bashrc prompt by nickstenning on May 31, 2005
This is just a simple colored bash prompt which differentiates nicely between normal and root users.

To use this put it in ~/.bashrc, or for it to apply systemwide, in /etc/profile

if [ "$TERM" != 'dumb' ] && [ -n "$BASH" ] && [ -n "$PS1" ]
then
        if [ `/usr/bin/whoami` = 'root' ]
        then
                export PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
        else
                export PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
        fi
fi

Updated: It's now more concise and functionally more sensible.
3 total

On This Page:

  1. 1 Bash password prompt
  2. 2 Windows' command prompt : How to DEFINITELY change default codepage
  3. 3 Pretty PS1 Prompt for Bash