Remove file location from bash line

okos · 10-28-2007, 08:37 PM

Sorry but I am not sure how to phrase this.
I have slack12.
At the bash line in Konsole your file location is shown. When there are several subfiles the bash line can get quite long.

For example
fred@bt:/home/fred/download/mp3s/musician/album/song$

By the time you enter the command, you are on the right side of the screen.
1.How can you remove the file location from the commandline?
2. How can you make the file location re-appear?
3. What is the command to show where you are?

Thanks
okos

dxqcanada · 10-28-2007, 08:58 PM

Hmmm, most likely your /etc/profile has the prompt set to

Code:

PS1='\u@\h \w \$ '

The \w prints the working directory.

You would have to change this.
You could modify your .bashrc to change the prompt whenever you log in.

You could also just issue

Code:

PS1='\u@\h \$ '

at your command prompt.

To show your working directly use the "pwd" command.

okos · 10-28-2007, 09:34 PM

That worked!
Is there a way to temporarily remove the file location?
A less permanent solution?

Disillusionist · 10-29-2007, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dxqcanada

You could also just issue

Code:

PS1='\u@\h \$ '

at your command prompt.

As dxcanada says, you can set PS1 from the command line, this would only affect the current shell, then you could always set it back to:

Code:

PS1='\u@\h:\w \$ '

Alternativley, you could change your PS1 to drop down to the next line:

Code:

PS1='\u@\h:\w\n> '

example:

Code:

disillusionist@ubuntu:/my/very/long/path/to/working/files/example
>

okos · 10-30-2007, 12:07 AM

If you wanted to set it as an alias would the syntax be:
alias ps1="PS1='\u@\h \$ '"
since alias requires quotes would this work?

Disillusionist · 10-30-2007, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by okos

If you wanted to set it as an alias would the syntax be:
alias ps1="PS1='\u@\h \$ '"
since alias requires quotes would this work?

Works for me.

I would also create an alias ops1
alias ops1="PS1='\u@\h:\w '"

If these lines are added to your .profile and .bashrc files then they should be available when you start your terminal session.

ps1 would remove the working directory
ops1 would add the working directory back (old PS1)