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Date:      Fri, 05 Jul 1996 14:13:20 -0400
From:      Rick Weldon <rick@wisetech.com>
To:        Ryan Cutter <rcutter@ctgusa.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing prompt
Message-ID:  <31DD5B40.167EB0E7@wisetech.com>
References:  <1.5.4.32.19960705154424.008cda38@ctgusa.com>

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Ryan Cutter wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         How can I change my prompt in FreeBSD to reflect the current
> directory I'm in?
> 
>                                                 Thanks in advance,
> 
>                                                 Ryan Cutter
>                                                 rcutter@ctgusa.com



I use this for bash:

export PS1="\u@\h \w \n(\!)$ "

It looks like this:

rick@badboy /usr/local/bin 
(616)$ _

Rick



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