> > Personally I've never found any use for PROMPT_COMMAND. It seems klunky > and awkward. >
My PS1 depends much on PROMPT_COMMAND. For example, my PROMPT_COMMAND will trim very long $PWD to a shorter one (depends on the window size of current terminal): [r...@server ~/directory/loooooooong/very/a/is/this] # ----> [r...@server ~/.../very/a/is/this] # Bash 4.0 introduces a new similar feature via var PROMPT_DIRTRIM. -Clark
