prompt_pwd - print pwd suitable for prompt — fish-shell 4.8.1 documentation

# prompt_pwd - print pwd suitable for prompt

## Synopsis

    prompt_pwd

## Description

`prompt_pwd` is a function to print the current working directory in a way suitable for prompts. It will replace the home directory with “~” and shorten every path component but the last to a default of one character.

To change the number of characters per path component, pass `--dir-length=` or set `fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length` to the number of characters. Setting it to 0 or an invalid value will disable shortening entirely. This defaults to 1.

To keep some components unshortened, pass `--full-length-dirs=` or set `fish_prompt_pwd_full_dirs` to the number of components. This defaults to 1, keeping the last component.

If any positional arguments are given, `prompt_pwd` shortens them instead of `PWD`.

## Options

-d or --dir-length MAX

  Causes the components to be shortened to MAX characters each. This overrides `fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length`.

-D or --full-length-dirs NUM

  Keeps NUM components (counted from the right) as full length without shortening. This overrides `fish_prompt_pwd_full_dirs`.

-h or --help

  Displays help about using this command.

## Examples

    >_ cd ~/
    >_ echo $PWD
    /home/alfa

    >_ prompt_pwd
    ~

    >_ cd /tmp/banana/sausage/with/mustard
    >_ prompt_pwd
    /t/b/s/w/mustard

    >_ set -g fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 3
    >_ prompt_pwd
    /tmp/ban/sau/wit/mustard

    >_ prompt_pwd --full-length-dirs=2 --dir-length=1
    /t/b/s/with/mustard

    >_ echo (prompt_pwd | string split /)[-1]
    mustard

    >_ echo (string join / (prompt_pwd | string split /)[-3..-1])
    s/with/mustard