Custom Prompt

[akdkumar]

How do I customise shell prompt to display current working directory in HPUX?...

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Just put this line at the end of your /etc/profile or .profile

export PS1='`hostname`: ${PWD}>'

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

It is simple as,

export PS1="${PWD} #"

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Muthu

[Muthukumar_5]

It is permanent to that shell. That is.. it is temporary only. To make permanent then put it in your $HOME/.profile or /etc/profile file as,

export PS1="${PWD} #"

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Muthu

[Devender Khatana]

Hi,

A better option will be to also display current hostname as well alongwith current directory. To achive this put this entry in /etc/profile

export PS1=`hostname`:'$PWD>>'

Also if te same is required to be in GUI mode then unmark the last line in .dtprofile, of that user's home directory.

HTH,
Devender

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi,
Just put this line at the end of your /etc/profile or .profile

PS1="`tput bold``uname -n``tput rmso` \$PWD > "
export PS1

Good Luck,

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi,
Just put this line at the end of your /etc/profile or .profile

PS1="`tput bold``uname -n``tput rmso` \$PWD > "
export PS1

Good Luck,

Ps;Please do not forget to submit points!!!
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[Sivakumar TS]

Hi,

Add the following line in

.profile

export PS1="${PWD}#"

With Regards,

Siva.

[Raj D.]

Hi Akdkumar ,

Just use PS1 to set your customized shell prompt as many example mentioned above.
[Details # man sh-posix ]


You can also set the prmpt in .profile , by putting like this :

export PS1="`hostname` : $PWD>> : `date |awk '{print $1 $2 $3}' ` >>"


Cheers,
Raj.

[akdkumar]

Hi All

Solution Accepted.

Thank You.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi,

You can close this thread, if you found a solution.

-Arun

[akdkumar]

Solution received from multiple respondents

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom akdkumar,

Usually PS1 is customized in ~/.kshrc file.

Some admins put it in /.kshrc

Customizing PS2 might cause confusion because what is there by default is expected by most admins.

Congrats on your solution.

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