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From: Helge Pettersen <tubamann@gmail.com>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Set the prompt.
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 20:00:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e29bf9c5041103110040b4f1b8@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e29bf9c50411031057125227a@mail.gmail.com>

Try
PS1="\h \w"
export PS1
That will do the trick, but it looks like something not so nice.
PS1="\h \w $ "
is a bit better. :)




On 03 Nov 2004 12:53:13 -0600, Edward Parrilla <eparrilla@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have created this line in my .bash_profile
>
> PS1="{${HOSTNAME}"':${PWD}}'
> export PS1
>
> However when I initiate my term session it does not show the host name,
> nor the PWD.
> What could be wrong?
> Regards
> Ed
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-03 19:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-03 18:53 Set the prompt Edward Parrilla
     [not found] ` <e29bf9c50411031057125227a@mail.gmail.com>
2004-11-03 19:00   ` Helge Pettersen [this message]
2004-11-03 19:04 ` Scott Taylor
2004-11-03 19:08   ` Helge Pettersen
2004-11-03 19:12   ` Scott Taylor
2004-11-03 22:19     ` Edward Parrilla
2004-11-04  4:31       ` Glynn Clements

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