Is it possible to have environment variables in the path of the working directory : PS1?
- by mthpvg
I am on Lubuntu and I am using bash. My PS1 (in .bashrc) is :
PS1="\w> "
I like it because I need to paste the working directory all the time.
The problem is that the path is always very long and since I use terminator I only have half of my screen's width available to display it... it is ugly and annoying.
My command prompt looks like that :
/this/is/a/very/long/path/that/i/want/to/make/shorter >
I'd like to set in my environment variables :
$tiavl=/this/is/a/very/long
And then I'll get :
$tiavl/path/that/i/want/to/make/shorter >
The goal is to have something shorter in the command prompt but I still want to be able to copy paste it and do :
cd $tiavl/path/that/i/want/to/make/shorter
It is a bit like with $HOME :
~/path/that/i/want/to/make/shorter >
I know where I am and I can copy paste the ~.
Thanks.
