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From: terryl@tekcrl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re:  prompt changing on the fly
Message-ID: <1339@tekcrl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 13:10:12 EST
Article-I.D.: tekcrl.1339
Posted: Thu Jan 22 13:10:12 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Jan-87 09:44:45 EST
References: <410@moncskermit.oz>
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <410@moncskermit.oz> john@moncskermit.oz (John Carey) writes:
>Here is an alias for csh which replaces cd to change the prompt
>when moving directories
>
>The only problem I have found is that it must have an argument
>
>	alias nd cd \!\$\;set prompt=\`pwd\`\' \'
>
>I hope some else can suggest a more elegant solution for csh


     Try this:


	alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt=$cwd> '

     The single quotes are important (so's $cwd doesn't get interpreted when
the alias is read, but when it's executed), and the \!* gets around John's
problem about always having to have an argument. Just for completeness, try
these aliases also:

	alias pushd 'pushd \!*; set prompt=$cwd> '
	alias popd 'popd; set prompt=$cwd> '