This is one of my strategies too (along with screen labels). Add to ~/.bash_profile : PS1="\[\033[0m\](\[\033[0;36m\]\u\[\033[0m\]@\[\033[0;33m\]\h\[\033[0m\])

This is one of my strategies too (along with screen labels). Add to ~/.bash_profile : PS1="\[\033[0m\](\[\033[0;36m\]\u\[\033[0m\]@\[\033[0;33m\]\h\[\033[0m\])(\[\033[1;34m\]\w\[\033[0;0;0m\])"