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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Prompt won't show `pwd` Date: 5 Nov 1996 01:09:11 -0000 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 22 Sender: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk Message-ID: <55m43n$447@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <327D7D20.1467@auburn.campus.mci.net> Reply-To: brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <327D7D20.1467@auburn.campus.mci.net>, Anthony Jenkins <ajenkins@auburn.campus.mci.net> writes: : How do I get my shell prompt (csh or sh) to show the current working : directory every time it is printed? Setting prompt to "`pwd`#" only : sets the prompt to the directory I am in when I issue the set command; : cd-ing to another directory doesn't affect the prompt. Thanks in : advance. You can cd(){ chdir $*; PS1="`pwd` $ "; } cd . in sh (ash), and I don't know anything about csh. You're really better off using a real shell such as bash, pdksh or zsh. -- Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... .