On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:01:58AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > In tcsh %c can be used to only show the last few directory names in a > path (also see the ellipsis variable). > > For example for this directory: > > /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random/ > > the prompt can look like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:...drivers/char/hw_random> > > when using: set prompt = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%c03%# " > > Given the tendency of directory hierarchies to get deeper, it is very > useful to be able to see some more context, so it would be great if > bash also supported something similar. > Sure, this can be implemented by using shell commands to set the > prompt, but it would be much nicer if it was built in. [...]
With bash, you could probably use the PROMPT_COMMAND special variable. With zsh again: PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%4(~:...:)%3~%# ' You can also truncate the path to a specific width, see info -f zsh -n 'Prompt Expansion' -- Stéphane
