How can I shortern my command line prompt's current directory?

Question

I am using Ubuntu and I am tired of this long prompts in bash when I am working with some deep directory hierarchy. So, I would like to tweak my PS1 to shorten the working d

Answer 1

Apart from the bash-builtin solution using PROMPT_DIRTRIM, you may want to try $(pwd | tail -c16), which is a tad simpler than most other answers, but just gives the last 16 characters of the current directory. Of course replace 16 by any number you want.