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From: cdash@boulder.UUCP (Charles Shub)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Prompt changing on the fly
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 19:52:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 19:52:26 1987
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In article <432@ethz.UUCP> wyle@ethz.UUCP (Mitchell Wyle) writes:
>Does anyone out there have a shell script / program to change
>the prompt DYNAMICALLY after each [CR]?
>
it is simple to define a command/alias to set your prompt and then redefine
commands to also set your prompt

alias cd 'chdir \!*;SP'
alias SP 'set prompt="$MACHINE-`basename $cwd` \! > "'

then the prompt does what you want