So sometimes it happens that you are working on command terminal and you navigate inside a directory then again in the inner directory and so on until half of the screen width is filled with prompt string. Example below.
> _rana@Brahma: dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/dir5/dir6/dir7/dir8 $ ls_
Now I want to display just the last directory in the terminal prompt string so that I am left with enough width space to execute lengthy commands.
For this, We need to change the prompt string from the .bashrc file. Below are the steps -
- Go to your home directory.
- Open
.bashrcfile. - Search for string ‘PS1’. To search quick open the file in vi and type /PS1 and hit enter.
- now you will find below code. (or similar to it) [I am working on Ubuntu 16.04]
> _if [“$color\_prompt” = yes]; then
> PS1=’${debian\_chroot:+($debian\_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\_ **_w_** _\[\033[00m\]\$ ‘
> else
> PS1=’${debian\_chroot:+($debian\_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ‘
> fi_
- Replace the ‘w’ (highlighted in bold) with capital W. So your new code will be.
> _if [“$color\_prompt” = yes]; then
> PS1=’${debian\_chroot:+($debian\_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]: \[\033[01;34m\]\_ **_W_** _\[\033[00m\]\$ ‘
> else
> PS1=’${debian\_chroot:+($debian\_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ‘
> fi_
- Restart the terminal and navigate inside any directory. You will see just the last directory in teminal prompt.
_rana@Brahma: dir8$_
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