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From: lutmann@geocub.UUCP (Patrice LUTMANN)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Pretty prompt
Message-ID: <3443@geocub.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 91 12:46:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.163726.10604@umiami.ir.miami.edu> <962@lhdsy1.chevron.com>
Organization: GRECO Programmation du CNRS & LaBRI - FRANCE
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In article <962@lhdsy1.chevron.com> yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) writes:
>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.
>>     /usr/rfrost>
>set prompt="`echo $cwd`>"
>alias cd      cd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'
>alias pushd   pushd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'
>alias popd    popd \!\* \; set prompt='"`echo $cwd`>"'

    Why not just:
	alias cd    cd    \!* \; set prompt='"$cwd>"'
	alias pushd pushd \!* \; set prompt='"$cwd>"'
	alias popd  popd  \!* \; set prompt='"$cwd>"'

					[Pat]