Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:57:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: rcutter@ctgusa.com Subject: Re: Changing prompt Message-ID: <199607091857.SAA01798@CoDe.CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960705154424.008cda38@ctgusa.com> from "Ryan Cutter" at Jul 5, 96 11:44:24 am
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> Hi,
>
> How can I change my prompt in FreeBSD to reflect the current
> directory I'm in?
You saw it in csh/bash. Tcsh is the same as csh, (pd)ksh is the same as
bash, but you cannot do the \X stuff, only PS1='$PWD > '. And finally
here it is in the standard shell (sh, precisely: ash):
cd() {
chdir "$@"
PS1="`pwd` > "
}
(It works only in FBSD's sh, in traditional shells, you cannot make a
function using the same name as an internal command; and in traditional
sh's hasn't got chdir.)
--
Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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