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# 1  
Old 12-20-2011
Question Unable to Set Prompt to current working DIR
HPUX does not recognise \h,\w,\u to display the hostname,working directory and username respectively.
So how do i set the PS1 variable to display my current working Directory as my prompt?

I also tried PS1=$PWD,
But it keeps showing the same directory path as prompt which PWD was holding at the time of assignment to PS1.
Last edited by Amit Kulkarni; 12-20-2011 at 02:12 AM..
# 2  
Old 12-20-2011
Try this in .profile
Code:
export PS1="[$LOGNAME@`/usr/bin/hostname | awk -F. ' { print $1 } '`]["'${PWD##*/}]>'

It will give format [user@hostname][current path]
# 3  
Old 12-20-2011
or a more simple version:
Code:
export PS1=`uname -n`':$PWD \$ '

# 4  
Old 12-20-2011
Quote:
HPUX does not recognise \h,\w,\u to display the hostname
?
Of what command? either you use simply hostname either you get it from uname command (option -n ).

Quote:
tried PS1=$PWD,
Absolutely normal:
This will be interpreted the first time, then the value is set...
to make it read each time, you will have to force the shell to read dollar sign as a char so it can assign each time a new value, look it the above two examples how it is achieved...
Last edited by vbe; 12-20-2011 at 10:34 AM.. Reason: frenglish correction...
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