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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:28:51 +0800
From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Subject: Re: Hostname in shell (bash)?
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I personally like the following one (because no matter where you are, it
will show you the working directory as well as who is logged in). Put
this into .bashrc...

  PS1="\u@\h:\w> "
  export PS1

regards,
Robert