From: Andrew J. Cosgriff ! (ins217t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au)
Date: 10/26/92 

From: ins217t@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
Subject: Re: a sample twmrc - bash prompt
Date: 26 Oct 1992 10:11:57 GMT

Actually, there's a better way to show the pwd & username in bash...
PS1='\u@\h (\w) -'

\u is the username
\h is the hostname
\w is the realtive dir. (eg. ~ is home, etc.)

just do a man bash, and you'll see others for time & date, etc...

Cos ! 

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