bashrc - How can I show only the current directory after the prompt in Ubuntu 10.04
2013-12
I have tried the suggestions here:
How to shorten the no of characters display for the current directory in the prompt
But adding these lines to the .bashrc file had no effect.
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#46-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 13:47:05 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Sorry - the question is already answered here
In the standard .bashrc on Ubuntu (in your home directory), look for the comment 'If this is an Xterm...' and change the PS1 value beneath.
The way my bash prompt is currently configured, it shows the whole path to the current directory. This is annoying when I'm deep inside a directory tree, as the prompt becomes so long that every command wraps into the next line. How do I make it show only the last part of the path?
This is what I have in my .bashrc
:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'
;;
*)
;;
esac
Change the \w
(lowercase) to \W
(uppercase):
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\W\[\033[00m\]\$ '
^^
this one waaaaaay over here ------------------------------------------------+
Have a look at the Bash Prompt HOWTO for lots of fun details. example:
user@host:/usr/local/bin$ echo $PS1
${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;36m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$
user@host:/usr/local/bin$ export PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;36m\]\W\[\033[00m\]\$ '
user@host:bin$
The PROMPT_COMMAND
variable, if set, is a command that gets run before displaying the prompt specified in PS1
. In your case, PROMPT_COMMAND
runs an echo
statement with certain ANSI escape sequences that manipulate the titlebar of an Xterm.
If you suspect your PROMPT_COMMAND
is overriding your PS1
prompt, you can unset
it and test things out:
$ unset PROMPT_COMMAND
Finally, be sure that you're changing the PS1
definition that actually gets used. Common locations are /etc/bash.bashrc
, /etc/profile
, ~/.bashrc
, ~/.bash_profile
, ~/.profile
. The system files are generally (but not always) run before the user files.