Pimp your shell prompt – Add colors and themes in Linux terminal

Most of us work with a shell prompt. By default most Linux distro
displays hostname and current working directory as a prompt. You can
easily customize your prompt to display information important to you.
You change look and feel by adding colors. In this small howto I will
explain howto setup:



a] Howto customizing a bash shell to get a good looking prompt

b] Configure the appearance of the terminal.

c] Apply themes using bashish

d] Howto pimp out your shell prompt

How do I set the shell prompt in Linux Terminal?