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  1. #1
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    terminal color problem

    hi all
    i have recently installed ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop.
    i should appreciate the ubuntu team for their constant
    improvement over the previous ubuntu releases.

    I have been facing this problem from the time i have started using linux.
    If i type a command that gives more than a screenful of output .. trying to locate the position in terminal where the output actually started is pretty
    agonizing, because everything appears in black including my

    "username@computer-name "
    and the
    "output of command"
    so i could not easily find out exactly where i have typed the command.
    Is there any way to change the color of username@computer-name ..?
    (linux mint does have it by default)
    any help is appreciated

    regards

  2. #2
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    Re: terminal color problem

    edit the ~/.bashrc file and uncomment(remove the #) the #force_color_prompt=yes line.

    you can also pipe the output of the command to less or more:
    Code:
    command | less
    command | more
    or clear the terminal screen before you run the command:
    Code:
    clear

  3. #3
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    Re: terminal color problem

    thanks that solved the problem.

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