Customize OSX terminal. Put this in your ~/.bash_profile \u is the username \h is the current host \w is the current directory

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# \u is the username
# \h is the current host
# \w is the current directory


function prompt {
  local GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
  local WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
  local GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
  local CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
  local MAGENTA="\[\033[0;35m\]"
  local RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
  local BLACK="\[\033[0;30m\]"
  local YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
  local BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"

  export PS1="${MAGENTA}\u${GRAY}@${CYAN}\h${GRAY}:${GREEN}\w ${GRAY}\$ "
}
prompt