2007-05-31, 19:17(+01), Thorsten Kampe:
> * Thorsten Kampe (Thu, 31 May 2007 19:02:46 +0100)
>> * Thorsten Kampe (Thu, 31 May 2007 18:25:17 +0100)
>> > How can I mimic a typical zsh prompt with the current directory at the
>> > right in bash?
>> >
>> > My zsh prompt is:
>> > user@host% /path/to/pwd
>> >
>> > How can I mimic the right hand side in bash with PS1?
>>
>> Oops, that's already been asked in May. I'll read through the
>> thread...
>
> Hm, interesting thread but no answer given. I /guess/ it should be
> possible to mimic the RPS1 in bash by extending the PS1 prompt to the
> right.
[...]

Why don't you use zsh in the first place?

You want to try things like:

PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "%*s\r" "$COLUMNS" "$PWD"'

In anycase, this is bound not to always work, as you need the
shell to be aware that there are characters at the right of the
cursor.

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Stéphane