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# 8  
Old 04-29-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by curiousmal
jlliagre: Yes I am:

twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh

Any other thoughts ?
Hmm, you were complaining about getting this prompt in your initial question:

Code:
$LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME:${PWD}$MYPROMPT

but you are now showing this quite different prompt shows up:

Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps>

Can you please clarify what is not working?
# 9  
Old 04-29-2015
jlliagre:

First of all, thank you for your willingness to help. You're very kind.
So, I got this prompt: twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> by defining PS1 in the .profile as : [CODE]PS1=$LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME1:$%7BPWD%7D$MYPROMPT"
Code:
PS1=$LOGNAME@$HOSTNAME1:${PWD}$MYPROMPT

(MYPROMPT was previously defined as : MYPROMPT="> ".

Here's my dilemma: When I'm at the prompt and I type, let's say: cd mydir, the prompt should change to
Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps/mydir>

, meaning, it should display the current directory, which now is
Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps/mydir

, but instead, it stays as
Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps>

, which means PWD is not getting updated/refreshed.
I hope the problem is now clear.
Thanks again.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 04-29-2015 at 10:28 PM.. Reason: Change MAIL & COLOR tags to CODE tags; add CODE and ICODE tags.
# 10  
Old 04-29-2015
Have you tried what'd been suggest previously?
Code:
export PS1="[\$USER@\$(hostname):\$PWD] "

Also when you're at the shell prompt, provide the output of echo $0
# 11  
Old 04-29-2015
Put this in .profile:
Code:
export MYPROMPT="> "
[ -z "$HOSTNAME" ] && export HOSTNAME=`/bin/uname -n | /usr/bin/cut -f1 -d.`
export PS1='$LOGNAME@${HOSTNAME}:${PWD}$MYPROMPT'


# 12  
Old 04-29-2015
Vgersh99:

I changed PS1 to:

Code:
PS1="[\$USER@\$(hostname):\$PWD] "
export PS1

and I got this:

Code:
[$USER@$(hostname):$PWD] pwd
/opt/apps/twsapps
[$USER@$(hostname):$PWD] cd TWA
[$USER@$(hostname):$PWD] pwd
/opt/apps/twsapps/TWA

So it didn't work. Thanks though, and any other thoughts are welcome.

---------- Post updated at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:49 PM ----------

vgersh99: I forgot to show you this:

Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> echo $0
-sh

Last edited by Don Cragun; 04-29-2015 at 10:30 PM.. Reason: Attempt to fix tags.
# 13  
Old 04-29-2015
sh != ksh (at least on Solaris).
# 14  
Old 04-29-2015
MadeinGermany:

When I typed your suggestion, I get :

Code:
 HOSTNAME=kdsan004: is not an identifier

Also, if I type anything in ' ', I get the same stuff within the single quotes as a prompt:

Code:
 $LOGNAME@${HOSTNAME}:${PWD}$MYPROMPT

---------- Post updated at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:06 PM ----------

vgersh99: But at the beginning of my code I have:

Code:
 #!/bin/ksh (first line)

I even have this:

Code:
 SHELL=/bin/ksh
export SHELL

also, at the command line:
Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh

finally, I checked the /etc/passwd file:

Code:
twsapps@kdsan004:/opt/apps/twsapps> more /etc/passwd |grep twsapps
twsapps:x:1200001858:20002:Service account for twsapps #cust# RM13600277:/opt/apps/twsapps:/bin/sh

Could that be the problem ? If so, how do I change the shell within the script, w/o changing the /etc/passwd file or is that absolutely necessary ?

Thanks.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 04-29-2015 at 10:33 PM.. Reason: Change EMAIL tags to CODE tags; add CODE tags.
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