PS1='[\[\033[1;38;5;21m\]\u\[\033[1;38;5;15m\]@\[\033[1;38;5;160m\]\h \[\033[1;38;5;46m\]\W\[\033[0m\]]\[\033[1;38;5;46m\]\[\033[0m\]\$ '
My custom command prompt (see screenshot below): blue username; white brackets, @, and $; red localhost; green directory
PS1='[\[\033[1;38;5;21m\]\u\[\033[1;38;5;15m\]@\[\033[1;38;5;160m\]\h \[\033[1;38;5;46m\]\W\[\033[0m\]]\[\033[1;38;5;46m\]\[\033[0m\]\$ '
A DOS C:\> prompt
PS1='$(pwd | sed -e "s@/@\\\\\\@g" -e "s@\(.*\)@C:\1> @")'
Remove quotes around filenames with spaces when using ls
(source: https://superuser.com/a/1376352, section "Restoring ls' pre-version 8.25 behaviour")
export QUOTING_STYLE=literal