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From: mwood!attcc!hpn@att.att.com
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Subject: Re:  System V questions
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Date: 2 Jan 90 08:20:11 GMT
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About getting the prompt to show your current working directory,  try this:

PS1='${PWD##}'

About the alias, try this:

alias dir=ls -l

To get a list of already defined aliases, just type 'alias'.  Or try 'man alias'

Huy Nguyen