How to hide current path and user and computer name in ubuntu terminal

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I want to hide the current path, user and computer name in the terminal in order to have more space.

Currently, in my terminal, it echoes: "user@computername:~/currentdirectoy" and I want to hide all of them since I don't need them.

ubuntu version:18.04 Desktop

Screen shot of the terminal

Rodrigo · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-10 12:02:47Z

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For my Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS works in the next way:
.- Find the bashrc

ls -la ~/ | more

.- Editing the file:

nano ~/.bashrc

.- Replace the w for W:
Before:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

After:

PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\W\$ '

answered Jun 10, 2020 at 12:02

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Mohammad Khosravi · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-09 10:51:53Z

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I found out that:

1- you can modify it by entering

    PS1="something you want including static text and variables"

, but it would change back to the default as soon as you open a new terminal.

2- You can change it permanently for the current user by editing the ~/.bashrc file and changing all the PS1 = something to what you want. I just add "#" in front of all the current PS1 lines to comment it out and then wrote my own.

here is a good source: to find out more about bash conventions and variables.

answered Dec 9, 2019 at 10:51

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