Bash prompt change

[Mike Klinke]

On Tuesday 03 August 2004 03:55, Mike Chambers wrote:
 
>
> Is that the correct file and if so, what needs changing?  Or can I
> just add a simple PS1 line to my own bash_profile or bashrc file
> and just do it for myself (only one on machine anyway)?

I just added: 

PS1='$PWD$ '
export PS1

to .bashrc, logged out and logged back in and the prompt changed.  The 
FAQ above can be easily misread to mean that the \W will not show a ~ 
but "man bash" shows the complete description including "with tilde" 

Regards,  Mike Klinke