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Old 09-26-2005
CWD as Prompt

I need a one line command called cd (must also still function as cd) and will allow the prompt to change to the cwd. All I can figure out is to change the .cshrc but there must be an easier way in a one line command no?
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Old 09-26-2005
From what I understood, you need your prompt to display the current working directory.

You can can create a function cd, but the prompt that is displayed is taken care of by the PS1 env. variable.

Look at these threads.
setting PS1 variable
set prompt in sh
simple SH variable

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