How can I shorten the path of a DOS prompt?

Question

My path on my DOS prompt is ridiculously long. How can I shorten this?

C:\\RUBY\\Ruby_Practice\\prep-work-master\\coding-test-2\\practice-problems\\spec>
         


        

Answer 1

Here is a .bat file that displays the prompt with the final folder name in the current dir path.

for %%* in (.) do set CurrDirName=%%~nx*
echo %CurrDirName%
prompt %CurrDirName% $G

Lines 1 and 2 come from This answer to SuperUser: "How can I find the short path of a Windows directory/file?"