Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 04:09:34 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Subscriber to freebsd-questions <fbsdmail@sign.chg.ru>, Kenneth Legg <sce04020@mail.wvnet.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prompt Message-ID: <19990815040934.A451@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <37B62EF1.973F9C57@confusion.net>; from Laurence Berland on Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 11:07:29PM -0400 References: <99081410242902.00286@myname.my.domain> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908150645340.84067-100000@sign.chg.ru> <19990815035813.C267@marder-1> <37B62EF1.973F9C57@confusion.net>
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On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 11:07:29PM -0400, Laurence Berland wrote:
> On tcsh i'm using
> set prompt=("%n@%m:%/ {%!} ")
> in the .cshrc
> that gives you username, machine name, directory, and the history number
> so for example
> user@foo:/usr/bin {73}
>
> I don't know if it works under csh,
No:
marder-1:/usr/marko{52}% unalias cd
marder-1:/usr/marko{53}% set prompt=("%n@%m:%/ {%!} ")
%n@%m:%/ {%54}
> but it's alot less work than using
> hostname or pwd or other things like it, tcsh fills in the variables
>
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 06:54:16AM +0400, Subscriber to freebsd-questions wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Kenneth Legg wrote:
> > >
> > > > How do you change the prompt to show the current directory?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> > > >
> > >
> > > If you use csh or tcsh, type this line in your .cshrc file :
> > >
> > > set prompt = "`hostname -s`: %~ > "
> > >
> > > This also adds information about hostname (useful thing, when you have
> > > accounts on several boxes).
> >
> > Or add the following alias:
> >
> > alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="`hostname`:`pwd`{!}% "'
> >
> > > Andrew.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
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