diff --git a/src/location.rs b/src/location.rs
index 0c0e7b27..1822c8a7 100644
--- a/src/location.rs
+++ b/src/location.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::datafile::rpg_dir;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path;
+use std::env;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Eq, Clone)]
 pub struct Location {
@@ -107,8 +108,23 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Location {
         let mut loc = self.path.to_string_lossy().replace(&home, "~");
         if loc == "~" {
             loc = "home".to_string();
+        } else {
+            if env::var("RPGCLI_OMITDIR").is_ok() {
+                // Omit the location
+                let path = path::PathBuf::from(loc.clone());
+                let components: Vec<_> = path.components().collect();
+                let len = components.len();
+                if 3 < len {
+                    let mut omitted_path = path::PathBuf::new();
+                    omitted_path.push(components[0]);
+                    omitted_path.push(components[1]);
+                    omitted_path.push("...");
+                    omitted_path.push(components[len - 1]);
+                    loc = omitted_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                }
+            }
         }
-        write!(f, "{}", loc)
+        write!(f, "{}[{}]", loc, self.distance_from_home().len())
     }
 }