Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,
I'm try to find the way to remove the $HOME directory from $PWD command.

Actually I have this set in .profile
export PS1='$USER@$HOSTNAME:${PWD}>'

For some users, the home directory very long (more than 20 chars). developers are asking me how we can have the working directory, but without the HOME path.

Example:
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[appc49@oas23/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49>echo $HOME
/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49/
appc49@oas23/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49>echo $PS1
$USER@oas23$PWD>
appc49@oas23/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49>
appc49@oas23/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49/appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE>
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They want this
appc49@oas23appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE>

Any idea?
Mike

Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

How about something like this ..

PS1="${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:/\${PWD##*/} > "

This will drop the whole path and leave you the current working dir preceded my a slash "/".. how many dirs depth do you want to drop ?

HTH
Mark Taylor

Message was edited by: MarkTaylor

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thanks Mark for the hint.
The output is not the one that I'm looking for. Infact this will return the Last working directory:

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total 0
appc49@oasitfi23npge:/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE > pwd
/fslnxc49/applmgr/gpsogc49/appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE
appc49@oasitfi23npge:/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE >
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My need is to have as result "appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE"

Mike

Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

Yup, thats right, just does a basename by shell substitution to give the current working dir on its own without the full path .. Ok, give this a go .. this should remove $HOME from the $PWD variable .. (ksh)

export PS1="\${PWD%%${HOME}} > "

This means when they are in thier home dir all they will get it " > " .. but this is what you wanted ?

HTH
Mark Taylor

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi Mark, u got the point. This is what I'd like to have as Prompt.

Unfortunately the command u gave me is not working on ksh AIX 5.2

export PS1="\${PWD%%${HOME}} > "
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appp14@rs12edp/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14>echo $PS1
""${USER}@${SITENAME}""$PWD>
appp14@rs12edp/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14>export PS1="\${PWD%%${HOME}} > "
/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14/appl > cd admin
/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14/appl/admin > cd gpsogp14_806_BALANCE
/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14/appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE > cd log
/fsaixp14/applmgr/gpsogp14/appl/admin/gpsogp14_806_BALANCE/log >
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I did something wrong?
Mike

Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

Sorry mike, I think I cut an pasted the wrong line, I was playing with delimiting the first dollar sign, just drop the leading slash .. ala:

export PS1="${PWD%%${HOME}} > "

I dont have a terminal connection from here at the moment, but I will double check tomorrow and paste the command if it is not that one above ..

Rgds
Mark Taylor

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Still doens't work...

appp14@oas21/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14>export PS1="${PWD%%${HOME}} > "
/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14 > cd appl
/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14 > cd admin
/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14 > pwd
/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14/appl/admin
/fslnxp14/applmgr/gpsogp14 >
Mike

Originally posted by: MarkTaylor

didn't do enough testing :)

this seems to work though

/usr/local/log > export PS1="\${PWD##${HOME}} > "
/usr/local/log > cd /tmp
/tmp > echo $HOME
/home/root
/tmp > cd $HOME
/Mail >

Rgds
Mark Taylor

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

This is working!!!
Thanks a lot..

My next step is to add the ~ value at the beginnin, replacing the HOME....

Mike