root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) (04/27/91)
Question: Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current directory name (eg., /usr/lib/uucp) is printed (kind of like a dos $p$g), also can this be done is sh... Thanx, Larry
sginn@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn) (04/28/91)
In article <46@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes:
Question:
Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current directory
name (eg., /usr/lib/uucp) is printed (kind of like a dos $p$g), also can this
be done is sh...
Try the following in the .cshrc file:
alias setprompt 'set prompt="`pwd` \\!%> "'
setprompt
and then comment out the line set prompt=\!%\
Works for me!
Steve Ginnitkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (04/30/91)
root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes: >Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current directory >name (eg., /usr/lib/uucp) is printed (kind of like a dos $p$g), also can this >be done is sh... Here's how I do it - works quite nicely, and the delay when changing directories is minimal: set UID = `id | sed 's/uid=\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'` if ($UID == 0) then set uname = "`uname -n`-ROOT" else set uname = `uname -n` endif alias cd 'chdir \!* ; set prompt = "-${uname}:`pwd`-\! > "' cd . note that the final "cd ." is executed in .cshrc when the alias is set up so that the prompt will be set the first time. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : itkin@Transact.COM :
jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann) (04/30/91)
In article <46@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes: >Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current directory >name (eg., /usr/lib/uucp) is printed (kind of like a dos $p$g), also can this >be done is sh... For csh, I use: set myport = `tty` # get tty name setenv PORT `basename $myport` # remove /dev from login port setenv LOGNAME `logname` # get login name # redefine the cd command alias cd 'cd \!*; set prompt="[$PORT] [$LOGNAME] `pwd` -> "' cd # required to start prompt For ksh, I use: LOGNAME=`logname` # Keep the logname MACHINE=`uuname -l` # Get the name of the machine # MACHINE=`hostname` # Get the name of the machine TTY=`tty` # Name of tty login port PORT=`basename $TTY` # Remove the /dev/ part PS1='[$MACHINE $PORT] [$LOGNAME] $PWD => ' # set the main prompt For sh, I suffer without... --- # Jeff Liebermann Box 272 1540 Jackson Ave Ben Lomond CA 95005 # (408)336-2558 voice (408)429-0483 digital pager wb6ssy CIS:73557,2074 # PC REPAIR & RF DESIGN. Committee Against Double Spacing And Wide Margins. # jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us uunet!comix!jeffl ucscc.ucsc.edu!comix!jeffl
steve@nshore.ncoast.org (Stephen J. Walick) (05/01/91)
As quoted from <112@comix.UUCP> by jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann): +--------------- | In article <46@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes: | >Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current | >directory name (eg., /usr/lib/uucp) is printed (kind of like a | >dos $p$g), also can this be done in sh... | | For csh, I use: | | For ksh, I use: | | For sh, I suffer without... +--------------- So far, for 'csh' and 'ksh' users, the question is answered, but some of us (like myself) do 99% of our work in < /bin/sh > -- can anyone come up with a solution for us who are somewhat confined to < /bin/sh >, without having to have to make an alias of something else to change directories, like `` cdd () { cd $*; ... ; } '' , which does work, but is a pain in the neck to remember to execute instead of `` cd '', and does take a bit of processing time?? Thanks to any 'wizards' out there who can come up with an answer to this one! -- Stephen J. Walick, Asst Sysop of the < XBBS > program at NCoast.ORG {uunet|backbone}!ncoast.org!nshore!steve nshore!steve@ncoast.org
jallen@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Joseph Allen) (05/05/91)
In article <1991May1.001454.9035@nshore.ncoast.org> steve@nshore.ncoast.org (Stephen J. Walick) writes: >As quoted from <112@comix.UUCP> by jeffl@comix.UUCP (Jeff Liebermann): >[how do you make 'sh' show current path whenever you "cd"] All you have to do is replace all occurances of 'cd' in the shell program with some new name. I used my editor to do this, but most editors can't handle ascii files so I made a simple program to do it. The new name for the command I picked is 'ce'. Originally I tried 'Cd' but that didn't work. I think either it doesn't like the command being in uppercase, or the commands are sorted. 'ce' is in the same sort position as 'cd' and it works. 1) compile this program to 'a.out' main() { int c; while(-1!=(c=getchar())) if(c!='c') putchar(c); else { c=getchar(); if(c=='d') putchar('c'), putchar('e'); else putchar('c'), putchar(c); } } 2) Now run the program and make a new shell (it would not be a good idea to replace sh) cat /bin/sh | a.out >/bin/jsh chmod a+x /bin/jsh (jsh for Joe's shell, of course :-) 3) now change your shell to the new shell in the password file and put this in your .profile cd () { ce $*; PS1=`pwd`">"; } cd -- /* jallen@ic.sunysb.edu */ /* Amazing */ /* Joe Allen 129.49.12.74 */ int a[1817];main(z,p,q,r){for(p=80;q+p-80;p-=2*a[p])for(z=9;z--;)q=3&(r=time(0) +r*57)/7,q=q?q-1?q-2?1-p%79?-1:0:p%79-77?1:0:p<1659?79:0:p>158?-79:0,q?!a[p+q*2 ]?a[p+=a[p+=q]=q]=q:0:0;for(;q++-1817;)printf(q%79?"%c":"%c\n"," #"[!a[q-1]]);}
carl@p4tustin.UUCP (Carl W. Bergerson) (05/10/91)
sginn@hlthnt.UUCP (Steve Ginn) writes: >In article <46@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes: > Question: > Does anybody know how to set the prompt in csh so that the current directory > >Try the following in the .cshrc file: > > alias setprompt 'set prompt="`pwd` \\!%> "' > setprompt Don't forget to alias cd so that it calls setprompt after the cd. If I remember correctly this subject was addressed in Unix World, probably the Wizards Grabbag column, in the last quarter or half of 1989. There might be an answer for sh there. Carl -- Carl Bergerson uunet!p4tustin!carl Point 4 Data Corporation carl@point4.com 15442 Del Amo Avenue Voice: (714) 259 0777 Tustin, CA 92680-6445 Fax: (714) 259 0921