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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: current pwd in prompt
Message-ID: <17877@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 88 16:36:04 GMT
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This works with any real shell:

    PS1="."

(I don't recall who posted this, but it was one of the best answers I
heard on it).

On the Korn shell (but not most Bourne shell PS1 is evaluated each time
it is printed so you can:

    PS1="`pwd` "

-Ron