Bash prompt change
Mike Chambers
mike at netlyncs.com
Tue Aug 3 08:55:59 UTC 2004
On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 22:36 -0500, Mike Klinke wrote:
> Bash provides a number of backslash-escape sequences which are
> expanded when the prompt string (PS1 or PS2) is displayed. The full
> list is in the manual page.
>
> The \w expansion gives the full pathname of the current directory,
> with a tilde (`~') substituted for the current value of $HOME. The
> \W expansion gives the basename of the current directory. To put the
> full pathname of the current directory into the path without any
> tilde subsitution, use $PWD. Here are some examples:
>
> PS1='\w$ ' # current directory with tilde
> PS1='\W$ ' # basename of current directory
> PS1='$PWD$ ' # full pathname of current directory
>
I looked through /etc/bashrc and saw a couple of lines that might be
where it's setup to show the tilde for home, but the parts I changed
didn't seem to take affect (although only thing I did was logout of
gnome instead of rebooting).
Is that the correct file and if so, what needs changing? Or can I just
add a simple PS1 line to my own bash_profile or bashrc file and just do
it for myself (only one on machine anyway)?
--
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
"It's only funny until someone gets hurt...Then it's hilarious!"
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