sweet_prompt

# add this to your ~/.profile for a wonderful prompt

function truncate_pwd
{
  newPWD="${PWD/#$HOME/~}"
  local pwdmaxlen=20
  if [ ${#newPWD} -gt $pwdmaxlen ]
  then
     newPWD=".+${newPWD: -$pwdmaxlen}"
  fi
  # put "user@host:path" in the window title bar
  echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"
}

PROMPT_COMMAND=truncate_pwd
PS1='\[$(tput bold)\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]@\[$(tput bold)\]\h\[$(tput sgr0)\] ${newPWD}\[$(tput bold)\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\] '