topic Re: $ to # in Operating System - HP-UX

$ to #

Bill Ogle_1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:45:01 GMT

If i have a login that gets to the $ sign, how do it get it back to the # sign?

Any help would be greatly appreciate.

Re: $ to #

Lasse Knudsen — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:51:09 GMT

PS1='# '

Re: $ to #

Bill Ogle_1 — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:54:43 GMT

Ok, so when i get to the # sign, how do it get it so it shows my path on the screen. Ex.

# cd /u1
/u1#

...

Re: $ to #

federico_3 — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:55:19 GMT

insert in your $HOME/.profile the lines:

PS1='#'
export PS1

and run
. $HOME/.profile

federico

Re: $ to #

John Palmer — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:01:18 GMT

To get the current directory:-

PS1='$PWD #'

Re: $ to #

CHRIS_ANORUO — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:01:40 GMT

Try PS1=$(whoami)`uname -n` '[${PWD##*/}] '
This will show you current directory where you are, username and the system name

Re: $ to #

CHRIS_ANORUO — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:01:56 GMT

Try export PS1=$(whoami)`uname -n` '[${PWD##*/}] '
This will show you current directory where you are, username and the system name

Re: $ to #

federico_3 — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:03:24 GMT

insert in your .profile the following :

PS1='$PWD # '

export PS1

federico