> >> 5. In dos you can have your current directory listed in the command > prompt > >> by doing prompt $p$g what is the equivalent for linux. > > >Add the following line to your .bash_profile: > >export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' > > sorry but I need to know where exactly .bash_profile is located and which > editor do I use to edit it. I tried the vi editor. I show nothing and I > don't know the command to get out of it. Even control c (^C) does not help.
OK. Login as a normal user (i.e. not root) vi is evil, so use emacs ;) type: emacs .bash_profile then hit return emacs will fire up... use the arrow keys to navigate to the bottom of the file (hit return if necessary toadd another time) type export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' Hit Control X followed by Control C done! HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
