Command Prompt get truncated to 80 chars whenever recall command using ESC-k

[Geoff Wild]

Expand window, type in:

resize

Then you should see it.

This is what I do fro .profile

HOST=`uname -n`
PS1="
\$LOGNAME@\$HOST [ \$PWD ]
# ";export PS1

That way, commands are on line below the path.

Rgds...Geoff

[JLiYim]

If there is no way to prevent the truncate, how can I ensure that the prompt only display the last 80 characters?

Currently, PS1 is set as follows:
export PS1='['`whoami`'@'`uname -n`']$PWD>> '

John

[Bill Hassell]

After a while, these really long $PWD prompts can be very annoying, even if they are on a separate line. Usually, you know the parent structure of where you are located and you only need the current directory and the next higher directory. This will accomplish that task and avoid the truncation:

export PS1='${PWD##${PWD%/*/*}/} $ '