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last three level of `pwd`
I need to modify the .profile of an account, and I have this line in the .profile: PS1=`hostname`':$LOGNAME:$PWD>' But my boss want me to get only the last 3 levels of the subdirectory if `pwd` returns a long path. For example, if `pwd` returns... -
Need to get last 3 layer of the current directory
I need to modify the .profile of an account, and I have this line in the .profile: PS1=`hostname`':$LOGNAME:$PWD>' But my boss want me to get only the last 3 levels of the subdirectory if `pwd` returns a long path. For example, if `pwd` returns...- lmm8294
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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Is there any way to get the last several subdirectories of `pwd`?
I need to modify the .profile of an account, and I have this line in the .profile: PS1=`hostname`':$LOGNAME:$PWD>' But my boss want me to get only the last 3 levels of the subdirectory if `pwd` returns a long path. For example, if `pwd` returns...- lmm8294
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- Forum: Sun: Solaris
