Ubuntu 17.04: Shorten bash prompt string


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1 Change w to W in ${HOME}/.bashrc

Ubuntu and Debian have long prompt string by default which includes full path of current directory.

username@hostname:/var/lib/git$

Change full path of current directory to current directory with changing w to W in ${HOME}/.bashrc.

$ sed -i -e ‘s/\w/\W/g’ ~/.bashrc$ . ~/.bashrc

Now bash prompt string is shortened.

username@hostname:git$

After this change, bash prompt string is shortened by default.

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