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From: jep@tlxprs.UUCP (Jo Poplawski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: PWD in Prompt that works!
Message-ID: <291@tlxprs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 88 17:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: jep@tlxprs.UUCP (Jo Poplawski)
Organization: Telexpress, Inc.  Willingboro, NJ
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We are running UNIX V on a 3b2/310 and the Korn Shell and this is what I
have in my .kshrc for displaying the current directory and my prompt. They
are on seperate lines to keep them that way. $SYSNAME is a variable set in
my .profile to determine the system name and $SUBSHELL is my current shell
level.

I have been using this for a couple of months and it works beautifully. You
MUST make sure that the PS1 assignment is in ' and not " or it won't be
re-evaluated.

PS1='
[Directory: $PWD]
$SYSNAME:$SUBSHELL:! [root] # '
PS2="You need to enter more > "

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