Elliot S. wrote: > I am of course new to linux, I'm taking a class in which one thing > we learned was to change the environmental variable of the prompt using > the line "PS1=" I want my prompt to display my current working > directory, and the way I did that in the class was add PS1=`pwd`">>" Now > the class was an older version of the bash shell running out on a > free-bsd server. I tried to get my prompt on mine at home by adding the > same line to my .bashrc file in my home directory. It only displays my > home directory, even when I change into other directories. So can > someone help with what I'm doing wrong and/or what's different than the > bash at school, that makes this difficult. I appreciate all the help > you've given me thus far. > Thx, > Elliot > P.S. I'm running mandrake 10.0 Official. >
You can test the prompt and see what eventually you like. for example. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mike]# PS1=" \W> " mike> mike> PS1=" \w> " ~> ~> cd /var/log/mail/ /var/log/mail> \W = the basename of the current working directory \w = the current working directory Take a look at this in your browser (if you have howtos installed) /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Bash-Prompt/index.html Or do a google search for BashPrompt howto Nice howto, I had quite-abit fun with it :-) Mike
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