Hi All - Just wondering if anyone knows how to change my command prompt to only display the current folder in the directory path - at the moment it shows the full path eg. change from: linux-:/usr/src/linux/i386# to linux-:i386# I understand that i have to change th $ps1 variable but i'm stuck after that... Thanks in advance F

The available bash command prompt sequences are here The bash prompt is set in /etc/bashrc: [ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ " The above is a single line which sets PS1 to: [\u@\h \W]\$ which displays the base name of the current dierctory. If the following command: echo $PS1 returns: [\u@\h \w]\$ Change the 'w' in /etc/bashrc to 'W' (no quotes). The line should look similar to the example above. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790 ICQ 41060744

Thanks Ernie So easy when you know how!!!