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May 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!

  1. Open your Terminal and type in this command: `nano ~/.zshrc`
Do not remove existing content in `.zshrc` as they might be important.
  1. 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
  1. `Ctrl + O` then `Enter` then `Ctrl + X`
  1. Close the terminal and reopen it, and you should see your newly added message!
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