From:	weiku AT UTKUX1 DOT UTK DOT EDU ("Wei Ku")
Subject:	Re: BASH prompt modification.
21 Jul 1997 23:35:22 -0700 :
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  export PS1='\w > ' is good, but somtimes too long. '\W >' will show only
the current subdirectory not the whole directory tree.

There are other useful escape key for prompt. check the man page for bash to
obtain more information.

Sincerely,
Wei Ku

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-----Original Message-----
From: Micheal A. Benzinger <bzinger AT flash DOT net>
To: Panos Platon Tsapralis <pan AT hol DOT gr>; 'Cygnus GNU Programming
Environment' <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: BASH prompt modification.



>Hi Panos,
>
>I believe the following in your .bashrc file will do the trick:
>
> export PS1='\w > '
>
>Mike Benzinger
>
>At 11:45 PM 7/21/97 +-300, 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...
>>
>
>
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