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Re: Bash Prompts Collection

#3

Post by okasaki »

Like most customization and command replacements (like the fancy greps, ls's, etc), I've stopped using fancy prompts because I log in to lots of systems over the day and most of them won't have my prompt and this causes annoyance.

Also I have a theory that it lowers chatbot performance if you're copy pasting terminal output.

Re: Bash Prompts Collection

#4

Post by r_lee »

okasaki wrote: post #3

Like most customization and command replacements (like the fancy greps, ls's, etc), I've stopped using fancy prompts because I log in to lots of systems over the day and most of them won't have my prompt and this causes annoyance. Also I have a theory that it lowers chatbot performance if you're copy pasting terminal output.

About that last part, what do you mean exactly?

One thing that comes to mind is it might make its output more aligned with data that includes the full terminal output, which could make it more copy-pastey?

Re: Bash Prompts Collection

#5

Post by okasaki »

r_lee wrote: post #4
okasaki wrote: post #3

Like most customization and command replacements (like the fancy greps, ls's, etc), I've stopped using fancy prompts because I log in to lots of systems over the day and most of them won't have my prompt and this causes annoyance. Also I have a theory that it lowers chatbot performance if you're copy pasting terminal output.

About that last part, what do you mean exactly? One thing that comes to mind is it might make its output more aligned with data that includes the full terminal output, which could make it more copy-pastey?

I mean that chatbots might have an easier time working with terminal output with the standard prompt rather than one that has your battery, weather, git branch and aws account in it.

It's just an idle thought though.

Re: Bash Prompts Collection

#7

Post by actionfromafar »

okasaki wrote: post #5
r_lee wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About that last part, what do you mean exactly? One thing that comes to mind is it might make its output more aligned with data that includes the full terminal output, which could make it more copy-pastey?

I mean that chatbots might have an easier time working with terminal output with the standard prompt rather than one that has your battery, weather, git branch and aws account in it. It's just an idle thought though.

Seems perfectly reasonable. Everything unrelated is an opportunity to go off the rails.

Re: Bash Prompts Collection

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Post by grepfru_it »

My buddy spike723 on EFnet built what I can only describe as a sentinent bash prompt. I recall it being massive and could show you everything about your system in a prompt.

25 years later I have no clue where this guy went but I remember him because he was instrumental in moving me off zsh to bash

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