Need assistance in changing prompt .
Trying to change prompt in csh,tcsh shell . Below are the commands i tried in .cshrc and sourcing this files.
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> "
#above commands works for username and hostname but cwd doesnt change
directories
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> "
set prompt = '%B%m%b %c3 %# '
#this isnt working either
Any ideas appreciated . Thank you
set prompt = `hostname | awk -F. '{print $1}'`"$PWD>
Putting $CWD in backticks won't stop $CWD from evaluating before the prompt is ever shown. Try \$ if csh lets you do that
No luck 
set prompt = '%B%m%b %c3 %# '
Does seem to work (tested in CSH on OS X and on CentOS).
What OS are you using, and what does not work about it?
SunOS <servername> 5.10 Generic_127111-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise
the above commands doesnt change to username,hostname.
After setting the path i get the same result
%B%m%b %c3 %#
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Appreciate if someone can help me on this !!!!
The best help I can give you is...
Don't use C-Shell. This is 2013, not 1983 
HI.
In systems other than Solaris, csh is often tcsh, another kettle of fish altogether.
The code:
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> "
on system:
OS, ker|rel, machine: SunOS, 5.10, i86pc
Distribution : Solaris 10 10/08 s10x_u6wos_07b X86
csh Aug 8 2006 (SunOS 5.10)
produced a prompt:
drl@vm-solaris : /home/drl>
However, changing directories does not change the prompt.
You may wish to look at HOWTO: Change your Shell Prompt for some tips on changing the prompt in many different shells including csh.
Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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Hi.
Noting that directory tracking is often desired, this alias from csh - pwd seems to work well.
alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="[`hostname`]$cwd :" '
Best wishes ... cheers, drl
The below code works now for only one time . When i change the directory it doesnt update the path . Any ideas.
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> "
Did you try my suggestion? I see no indication that you did.
Did you read DRL's link? I see no indication that you did. There are suggestions in there you have not tried, and begging for more while ignoring the answers you have does not paint you in a good light.
In any case, don't use C-shell. It is broken and flawed, as an unfortunate fact, not a matter of opinion.
as a matter of fact i have gone through the links and worked around it.
i have lot of thinks in the .cshrc for csh . Thats the only reason i am using csh
only thing here it doesnt work is it doesnt change the path when you change
the directory for
$cwd
.Thank you for suggestion here .
Could you try the following:-
ps -f
ksh
ps -f
bash
ps -f
...... and post the output.
Robin
<hostname>% ps -f
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
<user> 8607 7765 0 10:33:27 pts/4 0:00 csh
<user> 22277 28940 0 10:58:07 pts/4 0:00 ps -f
<user> 7765 7759 0 10:33:19 pts/4 0:00 -bash
<user> 28940 8607 0 10:41:28 pts/4 0:00 /bin/csh
<hostname>% ksh
$ ps -f
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
<user> 25794 28940 0 10:58:27 pts/4 0:00 ksh
<user> 26495 25794 0 10:58:31 pts/4 0:00 ps -f
<user> 8607 7765 0 10:33:27 pts/4 0:00 csh
<user> 7765 7759 0 10:33:19 pts/4 0:00 -bash
<user> 28940 8607 0 10:41:28 pts/4 0:00 /bin/csh
$ bash
[<user>@<hostname ~]$ ps -f
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
<user> 25794 28940 0 10:58:27 pts/4 0:00 ksh
<user> 28083 27120 0 10:58:40 pts/4 0:00 ps -f
<user> 8607 7765 0 10:33:27 pts/4 0:00 csh
<user> 7765 7759 0 10:33:19 pts/4 0:00 -bash
<user> 28940 8607 0 10:41:28 pts/4 0:00 /bin/csh
<user> 27120 25794 0 10:58:34 pts/4 0:00 bash
I'm not so sure you did, since it suggests %/ for tcsh.
Corona688. Can you please give me the full statement with
%/
for
set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : ${cwd}> "
Instead of ${cwd}, try %/
Tried it and below is the result.
<user>@<hostname> : /local/home/<user> > set prompt = "$user@`uname -n` : %/ >"
<user>@<hostname> : %/ >