1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am having a hard time figuring out how to change the command prompt in my UNIX shell. I am using the bash shell, and I would like to set the prompt to show me the full path of the current working directory along with my username, I suppose... The main thing I want is the full path of the... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Me again, What is the difficulty to display the full directory Path before my prompt command ? (like DOS) I'm using Solaris 8 + Bash Thanks again Fabien (4 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Phew simple question, I want to display the my directory path in prompt. Did the following in .profile PS1=`pwd` export PS! Worked, but it always points to HOME directory. When i do a cd, it doesn't change. What am i missing. Thanks (7 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I know no one has ever asked this before {not :D } but I am trying to set the prompt in the .profile under sh. I have tried everything I have seen on the web in regards to this, with no success. The OS is SCO Unixware 7.1.1, {not by my choice}. All the examples I see seem to be for ksh, which is... (1 Reply)

5. Solaris

I currently have this as my prompt when I log in (shell is sh): PS1="`hostname ` # " My question is how do I add the current directory to that prompt? Is there a way? Thanks. (5 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all, please tell me why this 2 liner script is not working!! #!/bin/bash oldps1="$PS1" PS1="myprompt>" but when type this in terminal it works!! (7 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Is there any way I can change the prompt which asks for the password on a UNIX system? e.g. When I login using Telnet instead of "Password" I should get "Correct Password". Thanks, Vineet (3 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Currently, when I cd to a directory I get the directory path in the command prompt, making it very long. I would like to change it so the path is not displayed. If I am in directory ~/tatsh/hstmy/test, I just want my prompt to be the last directory name as shown just below ---------- Post... (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, i was wondering if it is possible to change the default prompt for the shells that are availble on your system? For example, i want to change the prompt for the C shell from % to something like ( or ). Thanks, Nav. (7 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Need assistance in changing prompt . Trying to change prompt in csh,tcsh shell . Below are the commands i tried in .cshrc and sourcing this files. set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> " #above commands works for username and hostname but cwd doesnt change directories set... (16 Replies)