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Created December 3, 2013 19:13
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Show host IP address on your bash prompt.
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.bashrc
# Show host IP address on your bash prompt.
#
# Example of prompt:
#
# [email protected] : ~/Dropbox/workspace
# $
#
export PS1="\n\n\[\033[0;36m\]\u@$(ifconfig | grep "inet " | grep -v 127.0.0. | awk '{print $2}')\[\033[00m\]\[\033[0;32m\] : \w\[\033[00m\]\n\[\033[00;32m\]\$\[\033[00m\] "
export PS2="\[\033[0;32m\]>\[\033[00m\] "
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I believe that ifconfig has usage restrictions for non-root users.
And the output will be ifconfig: command not found
You could have the same effect using hostname -I

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