Dan Nicolaescu <d...@ics.uci.edu> writes: > 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: > > u...@machine:...drivers/char/hw_random> > > when using: set prompt = "%...@%m:%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. > > Thanks
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