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Article #1666Re: Built-in String Processing?
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 23:00
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 23:00
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In article <1990Oct27.215051.14085@midway.uchicago.edu>, phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
> *************
> I am running a csh with enhancements on my NeXT and on an HP-9000/8xx.
> I have a macro to define my prompt to be the current directory, i.e.
>
> alias cd 'cd \!* && set prompt="\! ${cwd}> "'
>
> Unfortunately, this gives me a rather long string...
>
With a decent* shell you just go:
cd()
{
builtin cd $1 &&
case "$1" in
'')
PS1="% " ;;
..|*/..)
PS1="`basename \`/bin/pwd\``% " ;;
/)
PS1="/% " ;;
*/*)
PS1="`basename $1`% " ;;
*)
PS1="$1% " ;;
esac
}
Boyd Roberts boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!necisa!boyd From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Built-in String Processing? Message-ID: <1902@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> Date: 29 Oct 90 23:00:18 GMT References: <1990Oct27.215051.14085@midway.uchicago.edu> Organization: NEC Information Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. Lines: 36