multiline *nix prompt

.bashrc

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    # this one should be active. it is ...
    # <blue>directory</blue><br /><green>user@host</green>$ 
    PS1='\n\[\033[00;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\n${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\a\]$PS1"
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac

.zshrc

# Added by Amplify CLI binary installer
export PATH="$HOME/.amplify/bin:$PATH"

# Enable colors
autoload -U colors && colors

# Subtle text color (light blue or gray)
DIR_COLOR=$'%F{245}'   # Try 245 (gray) or 110 (faded blue)
RESET=$'%f'            # Reset color

# Prompt definition
PROMPT=$'\n'"${DIR_COLOR}%~${RESET}"$'\n%n@%m %% '

Notably not the entirety of the file.