Bourne Shell Question?

[William E. Davidsen Jr]

In recent versions of sh you can use a function with a similar name to
do what you want.
	cwd() { cd $1 && PS1="`pwd`> "; }

In ksh you can use the $PWD, as:
	PS1='$PWD> '
or (my favorite) strip the HOME from the display with:
	PS1='${PWD#$HOME/}> '
This 2nd form strips the HOME part of the directory when you are in a
subdirectory of your HOME directory, and leaves a prompt starting with a
driectory name. In all other directories, including HOME, you get the
absolute path name, starting with a /.

Hope this isn't more info than you wanted.
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