ITTips
Exit status: 
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exit-status.html∞
0 is good and you can retrieve the last exit status using 
echo $?
#!/bin/sh
# this is a comment
echo "The number of arguments is $#"
echo "The arguments are $*"
echo "The first is $1"
echo "My process number is $$"
echo "Enter a number from the keyboard: "
read number
echo "The number you entered was $number" 
echo "The latest exit status is $?"
Debug mode:
set -x # to put the debug mde on 
set +x# to put the debug mode off
ctrl+s will lock the term
ctrl+q will unlock the term
My .bash_profile for the prompt line
# set prompt: ``username@hostname time :/directory $ ''
PS1="[\u@\h \[\033[00;36m\]\t\[\033[00m\] :\[\033[01;37m\]\w\[\033[00m\]]" 
case `id -u` in
      0) PS1="${PS1}# ";;
      *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";;
esac
 My new bash profile 
function exit_status {
        EXIT_STATUS="$?"
        BOLD="\[\033[1m\]"
        RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
        GREEN="\[\e[32;1m\]"
        BLUE="\[\e[34;1m\]"
        OFF="\[\033[m\]"
            
        # User specific aliases and functions
        # set prompt: ``username@hostname time :/directory $ ''
        PS1="[\u@\h \[\033[00;36m\]\t\[\033[00m\] :\[\033[01;37m\]\w\[\033[00m\]"
        if [ "${EXIT_STATUS}" -eq 0  ]
        then
                PS1="${PS1} - ${GREEN}$EXIT_STATUS${OFF}]"
        else
                PS1="${PS1} - ${RED}$EXIT_STATUS${OFF}]"
        fi  
        case `id -u` in
              0) PS1="${PS1}# ";;
              *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";;
        esac
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=exit_status
Having a pretty bash:  
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html∞
Threads about tweaking your bash prompt: 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103857/what-is-your-favorite-bash-prompt∞
Non executed bash:
[gael@unennennium 12:38:53 :01;37m~/Documents/Lonres/Documentation/PHP]$
Loop through the content of a folder and display the SVN URL:
for i in `ls -1` ; do echo -e $i `svn info $i |grep URL |gawk '{print $2}'`; done;