colored output

voldemoriarty · May 28, 2020 · 5bcd1b3 · 5bcd1b3
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@@ -69,4 +69,10 @@ Porting to other boards should be trivial.
     chmod 1777 /tmp
     ```
   - Install `init` package
-  - Then run `ln -s /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]` to get login prompt on serial port
+  - Then run `ln -s /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]` to get login prompt on serial port
+  - To get coloured prompt add the following lines after the first case statement in `.bashrc`
+
+    ```bash
+    export TERM=xterm-256color
+    export PS1="\[\033[1;38;5;196m\]\h\[\033[1;48;5;11;38;5;17m\]\u\[\033[0;32m\]\w\[\033[0m\]: "
+    ```