How can I configure my .bash_profile to add a blank line after any command output?
2 Answers
You want to adjust the shell prompt; the default shell is bash, and it will happily inject a newline into the prompt by embedding \n in the appropriate variables. (PS1 by default.)
More details at or in the manual page - though that is a much more pleasant reference.
2Add the following line at the end of ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc, whichever exists:
PS1="\n$PS1"This will add a newline before a prompt is printed, which is after control is returned to the shell.
Unless your command prompt contains shell commands or variables (which would get executed/interpreted at the time of variable assignment), this will work. Otherwise, just prepend the \n to your original prompt definition.
