path stuff in shell

Vram lamsokvr at xprt.net
Tue Jan 25 07:59:17 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 15:42 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:15:58 -0800, Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:41 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> > > when I move around directories in the shell I get this very long very
> > > annoying path in the prompt..
> > > user at a31ptp:~/downloads/themes/blue/icons/ $
> > >
> > > Is there some way to get it to just say the current dir that I'm in?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ubuntu Warty 4.10
> > >
> > 
> > Try this
> > 
> > >PS1="\u@\W>"
> > 
> > If you like it..
> > 
> > Change it in .bashrc.
> That is perfect but now that I've opened up the .bashrc I want to use this:
> # Comment in the above and uncomment this below for a color prompt
> PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]
> \$ '
> with your addition.. what should i put in now..?
> 
> thanks..
> 
> 

Try this??

 PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\[\033[00m\]:
\[\033[01;34m\]\W\[\033[00m\]
\$ '


Vram..







> -- 
> Ubuntu Warty 4.10
> 





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