Re: bash prompt \W (working dir) garbled

[Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au>]

Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Jimmy Wu:
> > $ PS1='\W '
> > ~ cd /home
> > hmee cd /media
> > meiia cd /boot

Mine doesn't use \W but it works well for me.

I don't have the problem with this testing:

#  export PS1='\W '
~ cd /proc
proc cd /etc
etc cd
~ cd /home
home cd /var
var cd /media
media




I like having a wide, informative and colorful prompt string, with a new 
line to start typing in .... ;-)


#  echo $PS1
\[\033[1;37m\][ Affinity -- 
\[\033[1;33m\]\u\[\033[1;37m\]@\[\033[1;32m\]\h\[\033[1;37m\]:\[\033[1;31m\]\w\[\033[1;36m\]\[\033[1;37m\] 
]\n\$ \[\033[0m\] \[\033];$1\u@\h:\w\007\]
[ Affinity -- root@hp-dl380g4-a:/etc ]
#  cat /etc/debian_version
6.0.1


Here's my setup code in my .bashrc file:

if [ $TERM = 'xterm' -o $TERM = 'screen' ]
then
        export PS1='\[\033[1;37m\][ Affinity -- 
\[\033[1;33m\]\u\[\033[1;37m\]@\[\033[1;32m\]\h\[\033[1;37m\]:\[\033[1;31m\]\w\[\033[1;36m\]\[\033[1;37m\] 
]\n\$ \[\033[0m\] \[\033];$1\u@\h:\w\007\]'
else
        export PS1='\h:\w\$ '
fi



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Kind Regards
AndrewM

Andrew McGlashan
Broadband Solutions now including VoIP