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Article #1686Re: Built-in String Processing?
From: Joe Smith
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 23:04
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 23:04
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In article <1990Oct27.215051.14085@midway.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
> alias cd 'cd \!* && set prompt="\! ${cwd}> "'
>Unfortunately, this gives me a rather long string.
Use $variable:t to get the tail (the name after the last "/") and use
$variable:h to get the head (everything before the last "/").
alias cd 'cd \!*; set cwdh=$cwd:h; set prompt="($cwdh:t/$cwd:t) $myprompt"'
alias pushd 'pushd \!*; cd .'
alias popd 'popd \!*; cd .'
Or go read the Frequently Asked Questions posting in the "newuser" and
"announce" newsgroups.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!jarthur!bridge2!3comvax!tymix!tardis!jms From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Built-in String Processing? Summary: Use :t once or twice. Message-ID: <1316@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Date: 30 Oct 90 23:04:28 GMT References: <1990Oct27.215051.14085@midway.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA Lines: 18