Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!twitch!anuck!tbm From: tbm@anuck.UUCP (t.b.merrick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: PS1 to show working dir Message-ID: <402@anuck.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 19:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: anuck.402 Posted: Sat Nov 28 19:58:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 20:14:34 EST References: <735@auscso.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Andover Ma. Lines: 11 Summary: KSH Tutorial makes it even simpler. > Here, (ksh on sysv.3) PS1="`pwd` !$"; export PS1 will do the trick. > ... > PS1="`cat $HOME/.signature` What?? " It seems quicker to use PS1='$PWD' ; export PS1. You don't get the command number tho as given above. It seems to me that not all versions of KSH accept this construction. Note, the single quotes are needed to delay evaluation so you don't just get the directory in which the statement is executed, instead of the target directory. Tom Merrick ATT BTL Andover, MA.