PowerBG is a tool that add to color string's background like Powerline written in portable sh.
- Unix commands to process
Option 1: using curl
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/info-mono/powerbg/main/bin/powerbg > ~/.local/bin/powerbg
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/powerbgOption 2: using git
git clone https://github.com/info-mono/powerbg.git ~/.local/share/powerbg
ln -s ~/.local/share/powerbg/bin/powerbg ~/.local/bin/powerbgFor Bpkg user:
bpkg install info-mono/powerbgFor Basher user:
basher install info-mono/powerbgIf you can and want to port PowerBG to other package managers, feel free to do so.
Run powerbg in the terminal:
powerbg COLOR STRING COLOR STRING COLOR STRING ...Examples:
powerbg '0' "$USER" '8' "$PWD"
POWERBG_LEFTEND_OUTER='' \
POWERBG_RIGHTEND_OUTER='' \
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_RIGHT=' ' \
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_SAME=' \033[30m ' \
powerbg '1' '\033[30mRed' '3' '\033[30mYellow' '3' '\033[30mYellow again' '2' '\033[30mGreen' '6' '\033[30mCyan' '4' '\033[30mBlue' '5' '\033[30mPurple'
green='\033[30mTree'
cyan='\033[30mSky'
blue='\033[30mWater'
purple='' # Nothing
red='\033[30mApple'
POWERBG_LEFTEND_OUTER='' \
POWERBG_RIGHTEND_OUTER='' \
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_RIGHT=' ' \
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_SAME=' \033[30m ' \
powerbg '2' "$green" '6' "$cyan" '4' "$blue" '5' "$purple" '1' "$red"
PowerBG is configured through environment variables: export POWERBG_<SETTING>="<value>"
| Environment variable | Valid | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
POWERBG_LEFTEND_OUTER |
<string> |
none | Set left end outer string |
POWERBG_LEFTEND_INNER |
<string> |
none | Set left end inner string |
POWERBG_RIGHTEND_OUTER |
<string> |
|
Set right end outer string |
POWERBG_RIGHTEND_INNER |
<string> |
none | Set right end inner string |
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_LEFT |
<string> |
none | Set separator left string |
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_RIGHT |
<string> |
|
Set separator right string |
POWERBG_SEPARATOR_SAME |
<string> |
|
Set separator string to use when when separating two elements with the same color |
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