How To: set PS1 to show users "current" directory?

[Dave Close]

In article <1599 at msa3b.UUCP> mgphl at msa3b.UUCP (Michael Phillips) writes:
>Trying to set up AIX on a PS/2 & have users that want their command
>prompt to show their current directory (aka: $P$G in **DOS).

If you are using an xterm, either SVr4 or aixterm, the following might
also be of use.  It doesn't make your prompt so verbose and is always
present.  If installed in the ENV file for ksh of all users, the display
even changes properly when you use 'su'.

_cd () {
  unalias cd
  cd ${@}
  alias cd=_cd
  if [ "$(whoami)" = "root" ] ; then
    pmt=\#
  else
    pmt=\$
  fi
  export PS1="^[]0;$(hostname -s):$(whoami)  ${PWD}^G${pmt} "
}
[ "${TERM}" = "aixterm" -o "${TERM}" = "xterm" ] && {
  alias cd=_cd
  typeset -fx _cd
  if [ "$(whoami)" = "root" ] ; then
    pmt=\#
  else
    pmt=\$
  fi
  PS1="^[]0;$(hostname -s):$(whoami)  ${PWD}^G${pmt} "
  export PS1
}

Note, replace the ^[ and ^G with actual escape and bell characters.
There are trailing spaces on the lines with pmt=.

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