Customizing Your Terminal Name — Give Your Lab Some Personality!

Hey folks 👋

While practicing Bash commands in my home lab, I found a quick way to customize the terminal name — and it honestly makes your setup feel way more personal and DevOps-ready 😎

Instead of the default name:

root@pve:~#:~$

You can make it something like:

devlab@ubuntu:~$

⚙️ Try it yourself:

For Mac (Zsh) or Ubuntu (Bash) users — open your config file:

nano ~/.zshrc # for Mac

nano ~/.bashrc # for Ubuntu

Add this line:

PROMPT='devlab@lab %1~ %# ' # zsh

PS1='devlab@lab:\w\$ ' # bash

Save and reload:

source ~/.zshrc || source ~/.bashrc

Optional — rename your system too:

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname devlab

It’s a small tweak, but it really makes your terminal feel like your own playground.

If you’ve customized yours too, drop a screenshot or name idea below 👇

16 comments

KubeCraft (Free)

skool.com/mischa

Only for DevOps Engineers

Get hired to build the future

Use the Community, Blueprint and the KubeCraft Roadmap

Leaderboard (30-day)

+245

+188

+86

+76

+73