Color your bash prompt and set title for your xterm

you can color your bash prompt
add the following line to your

PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u@\h\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;37m\]'

~/.bash_profile

or

~/.bashrc

to set title for your xterm

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}\007"'