Monday 6 May 2013

Setting folder name to show in mac terminal prompt

To set terminal prompt to show name of current folder use the below command

echo 'export PS1="\W \$: "' >> ~/.bash_profile 

PS1 can be configured to show the terminal prompt to show below options
  • \d – Current date
  • \t – Current time
  • \h – Host name
  • \# – Command number
  • \u – User name
  • \W – Current working directory (ie: Desktop/)
  • \w – Current working directory, full path (ie: /Users/Admin/Desktop)
 


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