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From: mckay@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Dwight D. Mckay)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Pretty prompt
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Date: 14 Jun 91 15:53:54 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.163726.10604@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
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In article <1991Jun13.163726.10604@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, rfrost@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
|> How do I get a prompt which will always show the current directory.
|> For example:
|> 
|>      /usr/rfrost>

Under csh you could put the following in your .cshrc:

alias cd cd \!$ \; set prompt=\"\`echo \$cwd \| sed \'s\?${home}\?\~\?\'\`\>\ \"

This puts your current path in your prompt, substitution "~" for your home directory whenever you type "cd".

--ddm