works like a charm, thanks!
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, P a u l Guth wrote:
> `uname -n | awk -F. '{print $1}'`
>
> On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:23:44PM -0700, Justin H. wrote:
> > Im trying to set up my shell prompt so that it shows
> > the hostname followed by some directory info. I
> > usually do it as follows -
> >
> > PS1="(`uname -n`:$parent/$this) "
> >
> > where $parent and $this are previously set to be the parent
> > dir and working dir. THis works good, except on systems
> > where the $HOSTNAME is set to be the fully qualified
> > name, eg host.domain1.domain2.com ... because on these
> > systems the prompt is just too long (i dont have permission
> > to change the hostname definition). For example, on one
> > of these systems, the above prompt definition will expand
> > to be something like ...
> >
> > (host.domain1.domain2.com:/parent_dir/this_dir)
> >
> > But, I really want it to be just ...
> >
> > (host:/parent_dir/this_dir)
> >
> > SO, does anyone know how I could set up the prompt on
> > these systems so that it uses *only* the hostname?
> > In other words, if Im on a system where the hostname
> > is set to be the fully qualified dns name, how can I extract
> > *just* the hostname itself and assign it to the PS1? (so
> > it looks like the second example above)
> >
> > I hope this makes sense.
> >
> > --Justin.
> >
>
>
