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Path in prompt line?
Can anyone tell me what makes the current path appear in the prompt ?

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This works for me on sh

Code:
export PS1="[\w] "
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no, doesnt work for me ...

I get something like this:

migserv2:/appl/users/migesr> bash
bash-2.05b$
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it works !!!

you need to export the PS1 variable in the new shell

else export the PS1 variable in to the bash profile
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For Bash Shell:

Code:
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '
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