All writingMay 13, 2026
Customizing my MacOS Terminal
1 min readterminallinuxmacos
Personalize your MacOS Terminal
It's very simple to transform a boring terminal with a bland UI into something that fits your aesthetic.
Go from being greeted with your working directory to a welcome message in just a few steps!
- Open your Terminal and type in this command: `nano ~/.zshrc`
Do not remove existing content in `.zshrc` as they might be important.
- Use the `echo` command to add whatever you wish to see when you open your Terminal:
echo 'Welcome back, Ayaan!'
This will print every time you start a new terminal session
- `Ctrl + O` then `Enter` then `Ctrl + X`
- Close the terminal and reopen it, and you should see your newly added message!