Hard time getting my prompt

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1

This is my current prompt.

How do I get it to just show the current directory?

I think I need to add a PS1 to my .bashrc.

Like this.
~/Documents$

andy@andy-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~$

2

100% correct :slight_smile:

This is the part that should be in your .bashrc

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

Depending on your settings it shows the prompt either with or without color.

You can reset your complete .bashrc to "factory settings" by issuing this command:

cp /etc/skel/.bashrc "$HOME"/.bashrc
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3

What you posted was in my "factory settings" and the prompt is still the same.

4

Could it be that you are running 'sh' instead of 'bash' ?
the command echo $SHELL should return /bin/bash

Try to create a new user and see if you get the right prompt as that user
If you do get the right prompt as that new user, it means that you have some script, setting or autostart entry resetting your PS1 prompt .

If not, then I'm out of ideas at the moment.

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Hi, @fixit7 :slight_smile:

If what you want is that your prompt shows as:

~/Documents$

... instead of appearing as:

andy@andy-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~/Documents$

... then I believe you have to do a variation of @tkn's excellent suggestion. Namely, you should add the following lines to your .bashrc:

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

I hope this helps :slight_smile:

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6

I did so and got this
~$

7

Hi again, @fixit7 :slight_smile:

You wrote:

Well, that prompt probably means that you are in the ~/ directory and not in the ~/Documents directory. Please, start by issuing the following command:

cd ~/Documents

... and after writing that command (and pressing ENTER) then please see what the prompt for the following command looks like. It should look like the following:

~/Documents$

Am I right? :slight_smile:

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8

Thanks ricmarques.

My mistake. I did not know I was in my root directory.

I made an alias called hm gets me to the root directory.

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