How to run some command before or after every Bash command entered from console?

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As l0b0 suggests, you can use PROMPT_COMMAND to do your second request and you won’t have to touch PS1.

To do your first request, you can trap the DEBUG pseudo-signal:

trap 'echo "foobar"' DEBUG

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