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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
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Subject: Re: Bash prompt (/usr/home/username instead of ~/) 
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On 18 Oct 1999 05:57:44 -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> while PS1 is set as following to '\h:\w\$ '
> 
> Typing "cd" changes the prompt to "door:~/ $", which is a nicer
> prompt. How can I make bash to display the short version of the
> current directory from the beginning?

Use \W instead of \w .

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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