I use the following prompt which gives the hostname first, followed by the name of the current directory.
#prompt PS1=`hostname`': ~\W ' export PS1 You should probably just try to cut and paste it, rather than type it. You have to make sure you get the right apostrophies etc... John. "M.C. Vernon" wrote: > > > 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 > > list my working directory. So I tried the following: > > > > If I use, > > export PS1='\w:\\$ ' > > > > I get, > > ~:$ > ^ > This is your working directory - ~/ is short for your home directory. If > you did cd /etc/init.d, then the prompt would say > > /etc/init.d:$ > > Matthew > > -- > Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo > > Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society > Selwyn College Computer Support > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ > http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ > http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- John Stevenson, Objective Alliance: www.oa.nl "Its grip'd, its sorted.."
