decided to add color and full path to my bash prompt to make it easier for me to see which ssh window belongs to where absolute life saver at times when you are running several things and the tabs just don't show enough info
Plus having the user@host:/fullpath/folder in your bash prompt makes it easy to copy and paste a 'url' to scp files into that folder directly instead of typing from scratch The only downside to this is if you are buried deep in folders, you are not going to have a lot of screen estate left to type long bash commands without confusing yourself
My final choice:
PS1="\[\033[35m\]\t\[\033[m\]-\[\033[36m\]\u\[\033[m\]@\[\033[32m\]\h:\[\033[33;1m\]\w\[\033[m\]\$ "
Source:
8 Useful and Interesting Bash Prompts - Make Tech Easier
http://www.maketecheasier.com/8-useful-and-interesting-bash-prompts/2009/09/04
How to: Change / Setup bash custom prompt (PS1)
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html
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