kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Thursday 09 March 2006 15:20, Tim Alberts wrote:
How is this configured and how do I make it 'normal'?
Well, there's normal and there's normal...
You need to set the environment variable PS1
mine prints the current directory and then a prompt on the line below the
current dir display:
export PS1='\[\n[$PWD]\] \n\[\033[1;34m\]\u@\h\[\033[m $\] '
the standard user@host PS1 would be something like:
export PS1='[\u@\h~]$ '
-or-
export PS1='\u@\h [$PWD] $ '
For the benefit of the OP, FC3 uses
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
\W giving the basename of $PWD
(info bash:bash features:printing a prompt)
[ian@localhost var]$ cd /media/wind/Music/
[ian@localhost Music]$
Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages to this (that 'var'
is actually '/home/ian/var', you need a memory conditioned by years
of using consoles to reduce mistakes).
--
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