#comment this out if you don't want ls output color-ified alias ls='ls --color=auto' #uncomment this if you need /usr/local/bin in your PATH and it isn't by default #export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin COLOR1="\[\033[0;36m\]" COLOR2="\[\033[1;36m\]" COLOR3="\[\033[0;37m\]" COLOR4="\[\033[1;37m\]" PS1="$COLOR4[$COLOR2\u$COLOR3@$COLOR1\h$COLOR3:\W$COLOR4]$COLOR1\$ $COLOR4"