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Changing the Bash Prompt

Current Path

Use this command to display the current path followed by a new line as bash prompt:

$export PS1="\w\n$"

More Bash Special Characters

\s - name of the shell
\T - current time
\w - current directory
\H - hostname
\u - current user

Date Created: 2016-11-22 12:50:46 -0600 (Tue, 22 Nov 2016)

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