How can I mod my .bashrc so that it JUST shows the dir I am in?

CelticBlues · 11-14-2006, 09:36 AM

How can I mod my .bashrc so that it just shows the dir I am in? Currently, when I change directories, I see the entire path.... e.g.

What I see is

user@host:~/This/Is/A/really/long/path/to/display>

But I would prefer

user@host:~/display>

Or something similar...

Thanks,
CB

johnpaulodonnell · 11-14-2006, 09:49 AM

You set it via the $PS1 variable...but I don't know the syntax

Gethyn · 11-14-2006, 09:53 AM

Change '\w' to '\W' in the $PS1 variable.

Hobbletoe · 11-14-2006, 09:55 AM

PS1="\u@\h:\w >"

Would give you the user,host, and full working directory.

PS1="\u@\h:\W >"

Would give you the user, host, and just your top level directory.

acid_kewpie · 11-14-2006, 09:58 AM

what you want is the norm on most distro's.... just run "export PS1=\u@\h \W\>"

heh, forgot to press reply...

as a note, you have the ~ symbol in there which is representative of your home directory, so that would not be used if you onyl have a single lower level directory there.