How would you change your prompt to have it display the current time (hour and minute) and the full path of the current directory?

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asked Jan 8, 2021 225k views

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BiBi · Answer 1 · 2021-01-14T14:48:15+0000

Answer:I tried using following command:

Code:

export PS1="$(date +%k:%M:%S) $ "

but it gave me a fixed time in prompt whereas my objective is to get the current time everytime.

Code:

$ export PS1="$(date +%k:%M:%S) $ "

17:42:42 $

17:42:42 $ date

Tue Oct 2 17:42:54 PDT 2012

17:42:42 $

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