Hah, my ~minimalist variant must look outright flashy compared to yours. Thus: PS1='%U%m%u:%B%30<..<%~%b%% ' I like to know which host I'm on directly fro

Hah, my ~minimalist variant must look outright flashy compared to yours. Thus: PS1='%U%m%u:%B%30<..<%~%b%% ' I like to know which host I'm on directly from the shell prompt, as well as the trail end of CWD. You could get close to the same with just '%30d' but then I'd lose the visual cues. And it must have been that way for at least 15 years.