From: dmeans@bellsouth.net (David Means) Subject: Re: BASH prompt modification. 23 Jul 1997 16:17:39 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33D61D23.F0863329.cygnus.gnu-win32@bellsouth.net> References: <01BC9630.3A87B4A0@port2.ppp2.hol.gr> Reply-To: dmeans@bellsouth.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; U) Original-To: Panos Platon Tsapralis Original-CC: "'Cygnus GNU Programming Environment'" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com 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 $PWD ). How on > earth do I do this ? I have made endless efforts to find a solution > but to no avail. Please help me... > { snip } BASH Version: ============= #!/bin/ksh # -------------------------------------------------------------- # File : prompt # Location: ~/bin # Function: Set my prompt just the way I like it # -------------------------------------------------------------- echo "$(date '+%H:%M:%S'): Running prompt" export PS1=" \t [ \$PWD ] \u@\h \!$ " Solaris SVR4 Version: ===================== #!/bin/ksh # -------------------------------------------------------------- # File : prompt # Location: ~/bin # Function: Set my prompt just the way I like it # -------------------------------------------------------------- # echo "$(date '+%H:%M:%S'): Running prompt" export PS1=" [ \$PWD ] $(whoami)\"@\"$(hostname) !$ " -- David Means mailto:dmeans@bellsouth.net He who dies with the most toys, still dies. No one gets outta here alive. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".