Customizing Bash

[Dalani]

I want ot customize my bash to do the following on login:

1/ not display the full current directory at the prompt

2/delete duplicate command history items

this is in the .bashrc file:

# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

but doesn't seem to be working.. any help would be appreciated

[eraker]

Customizing the prompt is pretty easy, actually, and just about every beginner book on linux mentions something about this. A google search will also produce some useful information. Here's a random page that should answer your question, that I found by googling "customize bash prompt":
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Bash

If you type "man bash", then scroll down to prompting, you can see a full list of options.

[Dalani]

Thanks; mark item /1 solved:

The solution: edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file (as root if needed)
and delete the /w switch in the line starting with PS1..