Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 09:05:52 +1000 (EST) From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au> To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> Cc: Guillaume Paquet <foub@globetrotter.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: prompt and default editor Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911260856510.19352-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <05a601bf3772$4ba57fc0$470cb3d4@asmodean>
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Hi,
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Oren Sarig wrote:
> 1) How can I change my prompt? like myhostname@pwd$
> I'd like to have an example please.
>
> It depends on the shell, for example, in bash you would do a
> PS1="<your prompt>"; export PS1
>
Here's a PS1 I developed for ksh/bash/...
PS1="`uname -n|cut -f1 -d.` "'${PWD%%/*/*}${PWD##${PWD%/*/*}} \$ '
For root, I add "|tr a-z A-Z" between the "d." and the "'" (uppercases the
hostname so I can tell easier if I am root or me).
It has the "magical" feature of showing only the last two components of
the cwd. I like having some indication of where I am in the file system,
but I also really hate having a prompt that fills the whole line. Here's
an example:
Hostname = myhost.my.domain.com
pwd = /usr/local/share/doc/apache
If I am me it looks like:
myhost /doc/apache #
and if I am root it looks like
MYHOST /doc/apache #
Colin
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