Custom PS1 not showing the current working directory

Question

I have customized the primary prompt for bash shell but unfortunately it is not showing the current working directory as can be seen below.

[cifsamidala]w# pwd
/home/Vinod/SearchIdIssue
[cifsamidala]w#

Here is what I have customized my PS1:

HOST=`tput bold``hostname``tput sgr0`
PS1="[${HOST}]\w # "

Here is the Shell info for your reference.

[cifsamidala]w# echo $SHELL
/sbin/sh
[cifsamidala]w# echo $0
-sh

I also tried with 'pwd' as below but of no use.

PS1="[${HOST}]`pwd` # "

Kindly let me know if I am missing something here.

Thanks in avance.

Regards,

Vinod Yadav

Answer 1

Your shell is not the bash shell and this is probably the reason why it won't work. Ask your sysadmin to give you an unrestricted shell.