Bash Prompt with Last Exit Code

Question

So, I\'ve been trying to customize by bash prompt so that it will look like

[feralin@localhost ~]$ _

with colors. I managed to get constant

Answer 1

As you are starting to border on a complex PS1, you might consider using PROMPT_COMMAND.
With this, you set it to a function, and it will be ran after each command to generate the prompt.

You could try the following in your ~/.bashrc

PROMPT_COMMAND=__prompt_command # Func to gen PS1 after CMDs

__prompt_command() {
    local EXIT="$?"             # This needs to be first
    PS1=""

    local RCol='\[\e[0m\]'

    local Red='\[\e[0;31m\]'
    local Gre='\[\e[0;32m\]'
    local BYel='\[\e[1;33m\]'
    local BBlu='\[\e[1;34m\]'
    local Pur='\[\e[0;35m\]'

    if [ $EXIT != 0 ]; then
        PS1+="${Red}\u${RCol}"      # Add red if exit code non 0
    else
        PS1+="${Gre}\u${RCol}"
    fi

    PS1+="${RCol}@${BBlu}\h ${Pur}\W${BYel}$ ${RCol}"
}

This should do what it sounds line you want. Take a look a my bashrc's sub file if you want to see all the things I do with my __prompt_command function.