Show full path on OS X terminal / iTerm before the $ prompt

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1. Edit ~/.bash_profile and add the following line to show full path before the $ prompt. 
   For example, as user@hostname:path/to/directory$

# show path before the $ prompt 
export PS1='\u@\H:\w$ '

2. Save file and restart terminal or run source command

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Works like a charm. Cheers.

nice, thank you.
I used this, because of my long hostname : export PS1='\u@\h:\w$ '

Explanation of what this is doing:

• '\u' is the username under which you are currently logged in to your computer.
• '\h' is the host machine's name
• '\w' is where you currently are in the file structure
• '$' is the prompt symbol

So if you just want to know where you are and see the prompt you can edit your bash profile to be just '\w $' or concatenate them like '\w$'.

On Big Sur it somehow prints the expression:

\u@\H:\w$

Never worked with zsh before. Does zsh use another config file than bash?

On Big Sur it somehow prints the expression:

\u@\H:\w$

Never worked with zsh before. Does zsh use another config file than bash?

I have the same issue

@mirisbowring @KienPM I have faced the same issue.

I helped to me to switch to bash from zsh in system settings: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59439507

Also try (additionally, it is optional) to prompt exec bash and reload terminal.

@mirisbowring @KienPM I have faced the same issue.

I helped to me to switch to bash from zsh in system settings: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59439507

Also try (additionally, it is optional) to prompt exec bash and reload terminal.

Thanks for responding

On Big Sur it somehow prints the expression:

\u@\H:\w$

Never worked with zsh before. Does zsh use another config file than bash?

add PROMPT='%~ %n@%m:%# ' to ~/.zshrc