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Well here's a sample of the responses I got to my request for a alias/script
to put the current working directory in the prompt.  There were too many
to include them all, but thatnks again to everyone who responded.

^L
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From: pbiron@weber.UCSD.EDU (Paul Biron)
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To: basiji@milton.u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: How do I make shell prompt show working directory?
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In article <basiji.702614445@milton> you write:
>
>The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
>in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 
>happen?  
>
>Thanks,
>Dave
>basiji9@u.washington.edu


You'll probably get 1000's of these but here's what I use for /bin/csh:

alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt="${cwd}:`whoami` % "'
alias pushd 'pushd \!*; set prompt="${cwd}:`whoami` % "'
alias popd 'popd \!*; set prompt="${cwd}:`whoami` % "'

You could probably leave off the `whoami` part on the end, but since I'm
frequently su'ing to other users I kind of like to know you I am at
all times.  Also note that I add the following as the *LAST* line of .login

cd .

so that the prompt is set right when I start.

${cwd} is the /bin/csh variable which contains the current working directory.

-- 
Paul Biron      pbiron@cns.caltech.edu
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Los Angeles, Ca. 90024

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In comp.sys.next.misc article <basiji.702614445@milton> you wrote:
> 

> The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
> in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 

> happen?  

> 

> Thanks,
> Dave
> basiji9@u.washington.edu

Put these lines in your .cshrc:

alias set_prompt 'set prompt = \[`hostname`]$cwd"> "'
alias cd '\!:0-$; set_prompt'
set_prompt

I also find the following useful:

alias popd '\!:0-$; set_prompt'
alias pushd '\!:0-$; set_prompt'



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From rkan@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Mon Apr  6 23:09:13 1992
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To: basiji@milton.u.washington.edu
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In article <basiji.702614445@milton> you write:
>
>The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
>in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 
>happen?  
>
>Thanks,
>Dave
>basiji9@u.washington.edu

Put this in your .cshrc:

alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt="$cwd>"' (with all the quotes)

and put this in your .login if it isn't there already:

cd

set prompt="$cwd>" is what actually sets your prompt, $cwd
is your current working directory.  You can change what's within
the double quotes to make your prompt look the way you want, just include
$cwd in there for the working directory.  

You may want to put the host name in your prompt in case you log into 
several different systems and want to keep track of which system you are 
on, in this case add `hostname` within the double quotes: 

alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt="`hostname`:$cwd>"' (with all the quotes)

(note that you need to use the back quotes in hostname).

You need to put 'alias cd...etc.'  because it has to reset your prompt
every time you 'cd' to a new directory in order to get that directory
into your prompt.  You also need the 'cd' in your .login because it
has to run 'cd' when you first log in or create a new terminal
shell to get the prompt there the first time.

Well hope this made sense, let me know if it doesn't.

Ray

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In article <basiji.702614445@milton> basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David  
Basiji) writes:
> 
> The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
> in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 
> happen?  
>

I use /bin/csh as the default shell, and here's what I have in my .login file:

	set myhost=`hostname`
	alias SetPrompt 'set prompt="${myhost} [$cwd]-\\!% "'
	alias cd        'cd \!* && SetPrompt'
	alias cdl       'cd \!*; ls'
	cd

This yields a prompt like:

	nextdoor [/john/Library]-3% 

where "nextdoor" is the host, "/john/Library" is the current working directory,
and "3" is the command number.  The "cd" command has been modified to update
the prompt whenever I change directories, and "cdl" changes directories and
gives a listing of the new directory's contents.

-- 
 John McCracken
 john@nextdoor.com

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In article <basiji.702614445@milton> you write:
>
>The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
>in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 
>happen?  
>
>Thanks,
>Dave

In your .login file, add the lines:

set prompt="{$USER@$HOST %//} Query:: "


P.S.  Quesry:: and the {}`s are just my little thing.  If all you want is a
directory, then:

	set prompt="$USER@HOST %//> "


will work.  Explore a bit till you feel your prompt is comfortable and 
does not strain the eyes :)

Luck,

Joel Belog
	nether@wpi.wpi.edu

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In comp.sys.next.misc article <basiji.702614445@milton> you wrote:
> 

> The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
> in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 

> happen?  

> 

> Thanks,
> Dave
> basiji9@u.washington.edu

Add these lines to your .cshrc:

set host="`hostname| sed 's/\..*//'`"
alias mprompt   'set prompt="[$host] [`pwd`] "'
mprompt

- darcy

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In comp.sys.next.misc article <basiji.702614445@milton> you wrote:
> 

> The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
> in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 

> happen?  

> 

> Thanks,
> Dave
> basiji9@u.washington.edu

Dave,

Here's what I do.  It's a two-step procedure (not unusual for UNIX).  First your set the  
prompt.  That takes care of the first time you open a new shell.  Then you change the  
behavior of the cd command so when you cd to some other dir, it reflects the new dir  
location in the prompt.  Put these in your .cshrc file (if you're using csh when in Terminal).

set prompt=${host}:"$cwd> "
alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt=${host}:"$cwd> " '

Have fun. 


bb
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In comp.sys.next.misc you write:


>The subject pretty much says it all.  I really miss this from my life
>in the DOS world.  How do I modify my .cshrc or .login to make this 
>happen?  

>Thanks,
>Dave
>basiji9@u.washington.edu

Hi there!

You'll probably receive tons of answers on this but
you might want a little addition that I include here...

------------paste in .cshrc-------------
	alias SetPrompt  	'set prompt="[7m$cwd>[0m "'
	alias cd	'cd \!* && SetPrompt'
	alias pushd     'pushd \!* && SetPrompt'
	alias popd     'popd \!* && SetPrompt'
--------------------------------------

Try this!!

Andre Roberge



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Create a shell script with this text and call it .promptset:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
set host = "`hostname`"
if ("`alias stripe`" == "") then
    alias stripe ""
endif

if ($?term) then
    alias promptset 'set prompt = "${host}:${cwd} (\\!)% "'
else
    alias promptset 'set prompt = "@${host}:${cwd} (\\!)% "'
endif
alias cd 	'cd \!* ; promptset ; stripe'
alias pushd 	'pushd \!* ; promptset ; stripe'
alias popd 	'popd \!* ; promptset ; stripe'
promptset
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In your .cshrc add a line like this:
source .promptset