Re: looking for a script to display current location in filesystem

[Remco Blaakmeer <remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, cs51wcs wrote:

> Hi,
>   I'm currently trying to figure a way to display where I am in the
> filesystem like in dos, but am having a hard time. Any assistance is
> appreciated. 

To display the current directory with a command:

$ pwd

To have the current directory in the prompt (I think this is what you
mean) (this only applies if bash is your shell):

$ PS1='[\u@\h:\w]\$ '
[remco@blaakmeer:~]$

See the `PROMPTING' section of the `bash' manual page for other things you
can include in the prompt.

Remco


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