title: shorten directory path in terminal of visual studio code
body: <p>i was watching a tutorial. In tutorial, instructor just executed command <code>PROMPT $$</code> in terminal of visual studio code and his operating system was Windows.</p>
  
  <p>changed his directory path to $$. Its not working on my machine. 
  i have tried <a href="https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ABetterPROMPTForCMDEXEOrCoolPromptEnvironmentVariablesAndANiceTransparentMultiprompt.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ABetterPROMPTForCMDEXEOrCoolPromptEnvironmentVariablesAndANiceTransparentMultiprompt.aspx</a> but its not working.</p>