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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
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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

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