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		throwmemoney on June 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bash PS1 Generator What is the best way to have the long directory line above the prompt? Using PS2 or PS3?

geraldcombs on June 24, 2021 | [–]

I'm not a fan of multiline prompts but I do like knowing where I am, so I trim the path and prepend a "…" character.

nine_k on June 24, 2021 | [–]

Something like "\w\n\$ " should work; mine is more complex by the idea holds, you can have a \n in your PS1 just fine.

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