Clock Prompt
This prompt uses ANSI position codes to put a clock in the upper right corner of your term. The ANSI codes used aren't honoured by all terminal emulators, but are supported by the Linux console and xterm.
Code:
#!/bin/bash # $Author: giles $, $Date: 1998/12/23 05:16:22 $ # $Source: /home/giles/.bashprompt/bashthemes/RCS/clock,v $, # $Revision: 0.18 $ function prompt_command { let prompt_x=$COLUMNS-5 } PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_command function clock { local BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]" local RED="\[\033[0;31m\]" local LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]" local WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]" local NO_COLOUR="\[\033[0m\]" case $TERM in xterm*) TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;\u@\h:\w\007\]' ;; *) TITLEBAR="" ;; esac PS1="${TITLEBAR}\ \[\033[s\033[1;\$(echo -n \${prompt_x})H\]\ $BLUE[$LIGHT_RED\$(date +%H%M)$BLUE]\[\033[u\033[1A\] $BLUE[$LIGHT_RED\u@\h:\w$BLUE]\ $WHITE\$$NO_COLOUR " PS2='> ' PS4='+ ' }