Why is my username in the terminal not green

Question

My username in the terminal usually green.

It is no longer green.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Your ~/.bashrc file might have been modified. On a Rasberry Pi, the default Raspbian ~/.bashrc file has the following code in it for setting the prompt color:

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
force_color_prompt=yes

if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
        # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
        # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
        # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
        color_prompt=yes
    else
        color_prompt=
    fi
fi

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w \$\[\033[00m\] '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

Check to see if you have something similar, and if not, then you can try putting this code in, or maybe even set up your own custom prompt. For a great tutorial on how to do this, check out: How to customize your BASH Prompt.