To be added Fancy colouring: to begin a colour block type \[\e[x;ym\]$VAR\[\e[m\] x = {0,1,2,3,4} (bold, light, etc..) y = {??} try numbers in the 30s to get different colours See here for more advanced things https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt for x in `COMMAND`;