There is much involved with customizing your terminal – more than just changing the colors in your terminal app.

Using Bash well is the best way to be more productive. Learning just a few tools and techniques, can help reduce your amount of typing and increase your efficacy.

When you use the command line, most systems come with a simple prompt. However, your prompt can be as extensive or as minimal as you like. Here are a couple of ways to improve your Bash prompt