Ubuntu 14.04 terminal corrupt

Question

In my Ubuntu terminal, somehow my terminal system name has been mounted to the root directory. Anyway, my terminal is displaying this:

admin.Ubuntu:/$

Instead of

admin.Ubuntu:~$

Now i cannot even see my home files and directories. How can i fix this?

Answer 1

You can verify what is defined setting for your shell prompt. What is the output of following command?

• pwd
• echo $PS1
• echo $PS2
• echo $PS3

Then cross check that the path between current path and your shell prompt.

EDIT

Based on the updated question, it seems pwd is at root folder / , and $PS1 is set to ${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\\u@\\h:\\w\\$

• So the value of pwd , explains why your prompt is different.
• Also read what that definition of PS1 do? https://askubuntu.com/questions/372849/what-does-debian-chrootdebian-chroot-do-in-my-terminal-prompt/372862#372862

You may also want to check if your ~/.bash_profile , ~/.profile , ~/.bashrc are correct. To do so read for the order in which these files are read by bash ( see man bash for FILES section ).