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Old 05-23-2005
setting PS1 variable
Hi,
I am trying to set my current prompt with the current directory iam working on by $PS1=$PWD but it is blank.
please help.
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Old 05-23-2005
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Originally Posted by papachi
Hi,
I am trying to set my current prompt with the current directory iam working on by $PS1=$PWD but it is blank.
please help.
what shell?

export PS1="\$PWD "
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Old 05-23-2005
shel l is bourne. With ur command it is giving me error "PS1=$PWD is not an identifier"
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Old 05-23-2005
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Originally Posted by papachi
shel l is bourne. With ur command it is giving me error "PS1=$PWD is not an identifier"
cannot be done [dynamically] easily with Bourne - at least not from the top of my head and not .

Maybe others will have ideas - I don't use Bourne these days anymore.

the posting was for ksh/bash.
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