Is it possible to get bash to display the first letter of each directory in my working path?
For example working in:
/home/stuart/src/project/com/example/package
/usr/lib/python2.6
would appear as:
~/s/p/c/e/package$
/u/l/python2.6$
Solution 1:
Yes, it is possible and has been done here.
Solution 2:
Try this:
export PS1='$(echo $(dirname \w)|sed -e "s;\(/.\)[^/]*;\1;g")/$(basename \w) $ '