Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 21:36:18 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BASH prompt question Message-ID: <19980803213618.C11549@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980803202247.29560A-100000@www.schell.de>; from Sascha Schumann on Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 08:28:33PM %2B0200 References: <ML-3.3.902168241.7515.patl@asimov> <Pine.LNX.3.96.980803202247.29560A-100000@www.schell.de>
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On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 08:28:33PM +0200, Sascha Schumann wrote: > On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > > > On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, William Woods wrote: > > > > > > > I would like to make my bash prompt show a little more info, like what > > > > dir the user is in. How would I do this? > > > Then you can put all your personal stuff (in case your system is used by > > > more than one) in your ~/.bashrc: > > > > > > PS1='\u@\h:`pwd -P` $ ' > > > export PS1 > > > > Yep, this is the way to do it. > If I may correct myself here: > PS1='\u@\h:`pwd -P` \$ ' > \$ will be replaced with uid==0 ? '#' : '$' I often find that to be a little too long prompt. If one puts in a \W after the h: only the rightmost part of the path is visible. Something like: PS1='\u@\h: \W \\$ ' -- regards, Gunnar email: flygt@sr.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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