linux - Can I change the input color of my bash prompt to something different than the terminal default -

my default terminal color gray, that's fine.

my bash prompt displays bunch of colors, works fine:

ps1="${color_red}\u${color_white}@${color_red}${computername} ${color_blue}\w${gitprompt} ${color_reset}" 

see example: http://cl.ly/image/002f210x1f1u

but text type in, @ end of prompt, gray. want white (ansi code "[37m").

if add color_white @ end of prompt, instead of color_reset, default terminal color changes white until reset. makes weird effect of gray text, white text bleeding through @ top.

see example of problem: http://cl.ly/image/1z3g3v0e083b

how can change "input text" color of bash prompt, other terminal default color? suggestions!

i suggest changing terminal emulator's settings. appears using iterm2 (if on iterm, suggest looking @ iterm2), so:

settings -> profiles -> profile -> color. under 'basic colors' adjust 'foreground'

for changing color of input text, in zsh use a

preexec () { echo -ne "\e[0m" } 

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i have found hack-ish way try bash:

not natively, can hacked using debug trap. this code sets preexec , precmd functions similar zsh. command line passed single argument preexec.

here simplified version of code set precmd function executed before running each command.

preexec () { :; } preexec_invoke_exec () {     [ -n "$comp_line" ] && return  # nothing if completing     local this_command=$(history 1 | sed -e "s/^[ ]*[0-9]*[ ]*//g");     preexec "$this_command" } 

trap 'preexec_invoke_exec' debug trick due glyph lefkowitz; [bcat] locating original author.

http://www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/preexec.bash.txt

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