[LUNI] Customize the PS1 prompt

[Martin Maney]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 06:29:45PM -0500, Martin Maney wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 05:29:52PM -0500, doug_dallmer wrote:
> > I am trying to customize the PS1 prompt to include the full path that it is
> > currently in (ie: a "pwd" command) & ( including `pwd` doesn't work).
> 
> $ PS1="\u@\h (`pwd`) \$ "
> maney at furrr (/home/maney) $

Which was the wrong form for this use.  Should have been:

$ PS1="\u@\h \`pwd\` \$ "
maney at windhover / $ cd
maney at windhover /home/maney $

Personally, I find \w more comfortable, but de gustibus non est
disputandum, as they say.

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