function prompt_pwd --description "Print the current working directory, shortened to fit the prompt" # This allows overriding fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length from the outside (global or universal) without leaking it set -q fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length; or set -l fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 1 # Replace $HOME with "~" set realhome ~ set -l tmp (string replace -r '^'"$realhome"'($|/)' '~$1' $PWD) if [ $fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length -eq 0 ] echo $tmp else # Shorten to at most $fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length characters per directory string replace -ar '(\.?[^/]{'"$fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length"'})[^/]*/' '$1/' $tmp end end