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How do I set promt format

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Started by akira32 February 29, 2008 09:36 AM

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February 29, 2008 09:36 AM

I use the cygwin's bash. My default prompt is $. How do I change the prompt as current directory with my user name? default $ I want $/home/user:myname:

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February 29, 2008 06:46 PM

You need to set the environment variable PS1 to "$\w:\u: ". You can do this temporarily by writing "export PS1='$\w:\u: '" in the shell and hitting return. Cygwin should have a bash.bashrc file somewhere or a user local ~/.bashrc where you can replace the PS1 setting more permanently.