[Gllug] Why does this script not work?

[Wulf Forrester-Barker]

I'm trying to remember what the aim of the original script was...

If it was just to print the current directory, go up a level and then
print the new directory (leaving you in the new directory), perhaps
there's a better way to get the same information:

PS1="\w $ "

Will set your prompt to:

/home/wulf $ cd ..
/home $

Voila! I normally use "[\t|\W] ", which gives me:

[10:49:59|wulf] (ie. current time and current directory name)

I've saved this as a line in the .bashrc file in my home directory,
followed by:

export PS1

so that it comes up every time I log in.

A full list of control sequences is at:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/bash-prompt-escape-sequences.html

and the whole document:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/

is worth a read if you want to find out more about setting your
prompt.

Wulf



wulf.f-b at uhl.nhs.uk 

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