Re: OT: shell prompt tip

[Oswald Buddenhagen <ob6@inf.tu-dresden.de>]

i know - i'm replying to my own post ... :)

<pedant>

unquoted lines are changed

> cd() {
   local p="$1"
>   while :; do
     local np="${p//.../../..}"
>     test "$p" == "$np" && break
>     p="$np"
>   done
>   builtin cd "$p"
> }

</pedant>

greetings

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