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`"
}
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> Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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