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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 09:05:52 +1000 (EST)
From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>
To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net>
Cc: Guillaume Paquet <foub@globetrotter.net>,
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Subject: Re: prompt and default editor
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Hi,

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Oren Sarig wrote:

> 1) How can I change my prompt? like myhostname@pwd$
>     I'd like to have an example please.
> 
> It depends on the shell, for example, in bash you would do a
> PS1="<your prompt>"; export PS1
> 
Here's a PS1 I developed for ksh/bash/...

PS1="`uname -n|cut -f1 -d.` "'${PWD%%/*/*}${PWD##${PWD%/*/*}} \$ '

For root, I add "|tr a-z A-Z" between the "d." and the "'" (uppercases the
hostname so I can tell easier if I am root or me).

It has the "magical" feature of showing only the last two components of
the cwd. I like having some indication of where I am in the file system,
but I also really hate having a prompt that fills the whole line. Here's
an example:

	Hostname = myhost.my.domain.com
	pwd = /usr/local/share/doc/apache

	If I am me it looks like:

	myhost /doc/apache # 

	and if I am root it looks like

	MYHOST /doc/apache # 

Colin



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