On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 18:41, Ko Pu wrote: > PS1 question: > How can I change the PS to display the current directory? According to > documentation, the \w should show the current directory, but when I used it, > it showed ~, what I'm looking for is to display info similar to pwd. > > prompt question: > I'm using dsl modem, so the ip address is dynamic, and the prompt showed the > ip address, how can I change it to my computer name? I added it to my > /etc/host but I still got the ip address. This is what I have in my prompt. > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 Linux]$ > > Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion > > Ko Fei Pu > mailto:ko_pu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _________________________________________________________________ > Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software optimizes dial-up to the max! > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 > I always put the following line in my ~/.bashrc PS1=`echo "("'${PWD}'") "` Works for me. Greeting, Niels.
