[SOLVED] Configure Bash Prompt. Don't Show the whole $PATH.

chelino · 10-15-2010, 03:59 AM

Hi!

Could somebody help me please? I would like to modify Bash Prompt so it does not show the whole $PATH but just the current and parent directory.
I am using Ubuntu.
Thanks

rigor · 10-15-2010, 04:11 AM

Have you tried setting the value of the variable PROMPT_DIRTRIM to 2?

That will print dots "..." in place of any proceeding list of directories.
For example, if I'm several levels deep in directories, the path ( is using
\w in the prompt definition ) with the last two levels named KEEP and THIS,
would show up this way:

~/.../KEEP/THIS

divyashree · 10-15-2010, 04:14 AM

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-...up-prompt.html

z-vet · 10-15-2010, 04:26 PM

Look at this guide: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/, it is very detailed and helpful, with lots of nice examples etc.