Colored terminal simplificated May 1, 2013 • Daniel Vela Create in your $HOME directory a file named .bash_profile and write the following code on it: export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin export CLICOLOR=1 export LSCOLORS=gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad export PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[1;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[1;31m\]:\[\033[0;36m\]\w$\[\033[0m\] ' autoload -U colors && colors export PS1="%{$fg[green]%}%n@%m %{$fg[cyan]%}%~ %{$reset_color%}%% "