Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:51:28 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@uswest.com> To: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@code.hu> Cc: Mike Coffey & Yvonne Shevnin <mikec@mediacity.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make current directory show at the commandline? Message-ID: <31482460.754D@uswest.com> References: <199603131507.PAA00889@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
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Gabor Zahemszky wrote: > > > > > I would like the current directory that I am at to display at the command > > line like it does in DOS. Is there anyway to emulate this? > > > > Thanks-- Yvonne Shevnin > > > > in csh (not tcsh): > alias cd 'cd \!* ; set prompt = "$cwd "' > and after it, make a cd . > in ksh/pdksh: > PS1='$PWD ' > > You cannot do it in sh (ash) One should never say cannot: For sh/ksh/pdksh/bash: (though there are better ways for ksh/pdksh/bash) Define a function in your .profile: cd() { chdir $* PS1="`pwd`" } > -- > Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> > > -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- > Earth is the cradle of human sense, but you can't stay in the cradle forever. > Tsiolkovsky -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: ptroot@uswest.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030
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