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env::prettyPwd ​

prettyPwd()
prettyPwd(options: Dictionary) ​

ParameterTypeDescription
(optional) optionsDictionaryA dictionary such as the one shown in the example below.

Returns ​

(String) A string containing a modified version of the path to the current directory (the value of $PWD). The names of all the directories in the path except for the last one are replaced with their first letter, and '/home/user' is replaced with a tilde.

Example ​

elk
prettyPwd() #=> ~/P/e/src

 prettyPwd({
     "wordColor": "brightBlue",    # The color of the folder names (see: `ansi::color`)
     "slashColor": "blue",         # The color of the slashes (and tilde)
     "wholeFolderNameAmount": "2", # The amount of folder names that should *not* be shortened (default: nil)
 })
 # => ~/P/elk/src
prettyPwd() #=> ~/P/e/src

 prettyPwd({
     "wordColor": "brightBlue",    # The color of the folder names (see: `ansi::color`)
     "slashColor": "blue",         # The color of the slashes (and tilde)
     "wholeFolderNameAmount": "2", # The amount of folder names that should *not* be shortened (default: nil)
 })
 # => ~/P/elk/src