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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
How do I print the name of my current working directory only to screen?
Not pwd!
For example, if I was in /home/work I am looking for 'work' only (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimjam
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2. HP-UX
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... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Amit Kulkarni
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
This is an embarrassingly simple question and couldn't think of "keywords" to search for the answer, but how do I change my UNIX/KSH prompt to show the machine name and my "current" but not "full" directory?
For example: if the machine name is "machine" and I'm currently in... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: chatguy
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can someone tell me how do i set my current working directory in my prompt?
Note: I dont want to use env variable PWD and using `pwd` gives me only my home directoy. suggest a different way ?
I use /bin/sh
thanks!! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: yesmani
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I was wondering what is the most efficient way to find files in the current directory(that may contain 100,000's files), that meets a certain specified file type and of a certain age.
I have experimented with the find command in unix but it also searches all sub directories. I have... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kewong007
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
When I typed in ps -a I get this:
PID TTY TIME CMD
31799 pts/3 00:00:00 vim
31866 pts/3 00:00:00 vim
And to check who is currently logged in, I type who
Felix Whoals
Tada Whoals
Lala Whoals
How can I get the user process for all current users who logged in?? I think I need to combine... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: felixwhoals
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How to get the current working directory as part of the command prompt? Every time I chage the folder, my command prompt path shoud change. I am using Korn Shell. Any help is greatly appreciated. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: MeganP
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How to change current working directory for dbx on UNIX?
means I'll run pgm from one directory , but getcwd() should return path which I want to be, which is not d current dir
:) (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: login0001
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello All, I am trying to list only directories in my current directory using the command "ls -d". But the output only contains the default directory "." and doesn't list the rest of the directories in the working directory. Can anyone explain why this is happening (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: igandu
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I would like my csh prompt to behave like the linux csh prompt setting done by linux command (set prompt="%n@%m %c]$ ")
how do I do that?
What I'm trying to do is that I would like to see what directory I'm in by looking at the prompt.
I've figured out that %n is like $user, and %m is like... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jamesloh
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