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How would I go about telling 'bash' to stop showing me what DIR I am in all the time. I usually know where I am and if I don't I ...
- 07-22-2007 #1Linux Enthusiast
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Removing the automatic displayed DIR in the shell?
How would I go about telling 'bash' to stop showing me what DIR I am in all the time. I usually know where I am and if I don't I can just type 'pwd'. I've been going into some deep directories and it's becoming annoying having all of that text displayed for no reason. I've looked in the 'bash man' pages but haven't found anything... maybe I have missed it.
Here's what I'm referring to:
root@Mimas:/opt/lampp/htdocs/wiseEssentials/includes/templates/wiseTemplate/css# cd /usr/share/
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You need to modify the $PS1 variable, more info here Custom Bash Shell Prompts | HackTux
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Open .bashrc file and remove \w from value of PS1.
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Thanks! I knew it would be easy but I just couldn't find the info.
All I had to do was type: $ export PS1="<\u@\h>$ " which produces <flipjargendy@Mimas>$
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