Terminal.app & Screen

[Chilz0r]

Hey all,

I installed screen via MacPorts and whenever I start screen up it
displays 'bash-3.2$ ' rather than the usual export PS1="\h\W \u$"
format I get from Terminal.app by default. I know this sounds trivial
but I'd really appreciate it if I could get the same format happening
in screen.

TIA.

 

[Chilz0r]

Any unix guru's out there that can help me pretty please!!!

 

[cristo]

Is this not just set up in the terminal preferences?

 

[r0k]

create the file .bashrc in your home directory and insert the following:

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '

From now on, every bash shell will get the prompt you prefer.

 

[Cromulent]

Why did you need that? You do realise that Terminal allows you multiple tabs don't you? Just press + T to open a new Terminal tab.

 

[darwinian]

Once you create the aforementioned .bashrc, also create a .bash_profile and a .profile that reads:

source .bashrc

Then you won't have to worry about startup order, etc. in bash run in screen terminals.

 

[bplein]

Why did you need that? You do realise that Terminal allows you multiple tabs don't you? Just press + T to open a new Terminal tab.

The application called "screen" allows you to start a command line application and have it run, even if you disconnect your terminal session. It runs in a virtual tty. There are MANY uses for such a virtual terminal that can't be replicated by the GUI Terminal application.

 

[Cromulent]

The application called "screen" allows you to start a command line application and have it run, even if you disconnect your terminal session. It runs in a virtual tty. There are MANY uses for such a virtual terminal that can't be replicated by the GUI Terminal application.

Hmm, sounds interesting. Not sure I'd have a use myself for that kind of thing. Cheers for pointing that out.

 

[bplein]

Hmm, sounds interesting. Not sure I'd have a use myself for that kind of thing. Cheers for pointing that out.

Mostly I've used it on servers that are remote, such as at a colocation. SSH into the system, start a screen, start a long running process inside the screen, and disconnect. Connect later and check the progress.

 

[Chilz0r]

Wow, thanks for all your help guys

 

[r0k]

Why did you need that? You do realise that Terminal allows you multiple tabs don't you? Just press + T to open a new Terminal tab.

I didn't know about the tabs. I've been using visor. I hit ctrl-tab to get a semi-transparent terminal window to pop down. Now that I've seen the tabs, I'm tempted to use a regular terminal with multiple tabs. BTW, I did notice that my .bashrc did NOT get sourced for every new tab I opened. It was simple enough to type bash in each new tab to get it sourced but it bothered me that it didn't get sourced to begin with.