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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Prompt path display issue Post 302921664 by aelhosiny on Sunday 19th of October 2014 07:52:31 AM
Old 10-19-2014
Sorry,
I did not mention that I'm using csh as default shell on centos 5.10
It's the default shell set by the sys admin

Accordingly the PS1 does not exist Smilie
I have already added these commands to my .cshrc

---------- Post updated at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:42 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Hello aelhosiny,

Not sure completely about your requirement, but if you want to change prompt string then you can use PS1 command as follows.

Code:
[singh@localhost awk_programming]$ 
[singh@localhost awk_programming]$ PS1="TEST $"
TEST $man test

Similarly you can put any pwd according to your need in it. Also if you want to permanently fix prompt string you can add this command in the .profile of user.

Thanks,
R. Singh

What I need the command prompt to display the full path and $USER@HOST each in a separate line instead of both displayed in the same line so that I will have:

Code:
<The exact long path>
<my username> @ <hotsname> $

As you see, the path is not in the same line with the username and host.

Last edited by rbatte1; 10-20-2014 at 09:53 AM.. Reason: Changed ICODE tags to just CODE tags
 

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SU(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						     SU(1)

NAME
su -- substitute user identity SYNOPSIS
su [-flm] [login] [-c shell arguments] DESCRIPTION
su requests the password for login and switches to that user and group ID after obtaining proper authentication. A shell is then executed, and any additional shell arguments after the login name are passed to the shell. If su is executed by root, no password is requested and a shell with the appropriate user ID is executed. The options are as follows: -c Invoke the following command in a subshell as the specified user. -f If the invoked shell is csh(1), this option prevents it from reading the ``.cshrc'' file. -l Simulate a full login. The environment is discarded except for HOME, SHELL, PATH, TERM, and USER. HOME and SHELL are modified as above. USER is set to the target login. PATH is set to ``/bin:/usr/bin''. TERM is imported from your current environment. The invoked shell is the target login's, and su will change directory to the target login's home directory. This option is identical to just passing "-", as in "su -". -m Leave the environment unmodified. The invoked shell is your login shell, and no directory changes are made. As a security precau- tion, if the target user's shell is a non-standard shell (as defined by getusershell(3)) and the caller's real uid is non-zero, su will fail. The -l and -m options are mutually exclusive; the last one specified overrides any previous ones. Only users in group ``wheel'' (normally gid 0) or group ``admin'' (normally gid 20) can su to ``root''. By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user prompt is set to ``#'' to remind one of its awesome power. SEE ALSO
csh(1), login(1), sh(1), skey(1), kinit(1), kerberos(1), passwd(5), group(5), environ(7) ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables used by su : HOME Default home directory of real user ID unless modified as specified above. PATH Default search path of real user ID unless modified as specified above. TERM Provides terminal type which may be retained for the substituted user ID. USER The user ID is always the effective ID (the target user ID) after an su unless the user ID is 0 (root). HISTORY
A su command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. BSD
April 18, 1994 BSD
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