ktb wrote: > In /etc/profile I added the line, > export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' > > This is the readout I got, > crossyourfingers:~$ > > This wasn't what I wanted I only want the current working directory to > show. I took a look at the man page for bash. It said that "\w" would
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