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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:38:53 +0200
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Boris Stoev <darko@uni-svishtov.bg>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Directory path
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 12:55:09PM +0200, Boris Stoev wrote:
>
> Maybe my question is stupid but...
> How can I make bash prompt  to display my current directory path...
> I use FreeBSD 3.4

Although this is really a bash-specific question, and you would usually
have more chances of getting an answer from a mailing list dedicated to
bash... well, there are a few 'escapes' for PS1 listed in info '(bash)'.

What you want is \w, as shown in:

    export PS1='[\w] '

Don't be fooled by the [..] brackets.  They're not necessary; they just
make the directory more easy to read among the rest of your prompt.
What I customarily use on a lot of systems is:

    export PS1='\h!\u:\w\$ '

or some more funky variation of this :)

- Giorgos Keramidas


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