Remove PWD from command prompt

jake_harv88 · 10-04-2011, 06:06 AM

My current working directory shows up as part of my command prompt. This can be a huge pain when I descend into a big tree of directories because the command prompt can extend across the entire screen. Is there a way to remove this? I'm running Z Shell on CentOS 5.

My command prompt looks like this when I'm in a directory:

Code:

[jaharvey@localhost]/home/jaharvey/liquid-im-tr/imidazole-take2%

I'd like to remove the "/home/jaharvey/liquid-im-tr/imidazole-take2" part from the command prompt.

colucix · 10-04-2011, 06:33 AM

You have to change the PS1 environment variable. Substitute \w with \W to show only the name of the current working directory. Remove it completely if you don't want to see it. To apply this modification every time you start a new shell, put the PS1 assignment in your .zshrc or modify the existing one (if already there).