From:	dbe AT wgn DOT net ("$Bill Luebkert")
Subject:	Re: BASH prompt modification.
21 Jul 1997 22:50:59 -0700 :
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Original-To:	Panos Platon Tsapralis <pan AT hol DOT gr>
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Panos Platon Tsapralis wrote:
> 
>         Dear friends,
> 
>         I want to modify the command line prompt of BASH so that 
it will show on-screen ( after complete execution of every command ) 
the current directory ( the output of pwd or the content of $PWD ). 
How on earth do I do this ? I have made endless efforts to find a 
solution but to no avail. Please help me...

Read the section on "Prompting" in the bash man page:

	PS1="\w "

add history to prompt:

	PS1="\w <\!> "

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