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Old 07-15-2005
PS1 to show relitive path
Hi I am trying to format my prompt in a KSH to show the relative path
currently it is PS1='$PWD >' /home/users/dir/dir/dir >
I want to display it as /home/users/.../.../dir > Smilie
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Old 07-17-2005
You can have fun with your PS1 prompt by creating a function which changes PS1 each time you change directory, e.g...
Code:
function ncd {
   cd "$*"
   PS1=$(echo $PWD|sed 's!\([^/]\)[^/]\{4,\}/!\1../!g')' :> '
}
alias cd=ncd

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Old 07-20-2005
Thanks that helped a lot
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