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I want something like this:

"vivek@grishma:~/xxx/yyy/zzz/src$" to be shown as

"vivek@grishma:datasource$" where I would somehow have predefined "datasource" to be an alias for the long path above.

using the alias command as

" alias datasource='~/xxx/yyy/zzz/src'"

is useful for navigation but it does not take out the long path in the prompt.

Is this possible?

PS- I dont want it to be just "vivek@grishma:" as then each time I should run pwd to know my working directory.

Vivek V K
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2 Answers2

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This will do:

PS1='\u@\h:$(
    case $PWD in
       $HOME/xxx/yyy/zzz/src) echo "datasource ;; 
       *) echo "\w" ;; 
    esac
)\$'

That gives you the flexibility to define other special directories as well.

Aliases won't help you here.

To reduce duplication, put all your special dirs in an array, and use that to generate your aliases and also your prompt. Put all this in your ~/.bashrc:

declare -A labels=(
    [$HOME/xxx/yyy/zzz/src]=datasource
    [$HOME/foo/bar]=baz
)
for path in "${!labels[@]}"; do
    alias "${labels[$path]}"="$path"
done
function path_label () {
    local IFS=:
    if [[ ":${!labels[*]}:" == *:"$PWD":* ]]; then
        # we're in a "known" dir
        echo "${labels[$PWD]}"
    else
        return 1
    fi
}
PS1='\u@\h:$( path_label || echo "\w" )\$'
glenn jackman
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1

Put the following scripts in your ~/.bashrc

if [ "$(pwd)" == "$HOME/xxx/yyy/zzz/src" ]; then
    PS1='\u@\h:datasource$ '
else
    :
fi

Go to the directory ~/xxx/yyy/zzz/src and to change the prompt

. ~/.bashrc

In other directory, to get back the original prompt again source your ~/.bashrc.

I don't think you need an alias for that. Always you can use an alias like 

alias src='. ~/.bashrc'
sourav c.
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