My command prompt terminal won't change?

Question

Mac OSX Maverick: Using iTerm2

nano .zsh

Inserted export PS1=" % "

Control + o

File Name to Write: .zsh

Control + x

Restarted iTerm. And it still goes back to what I had before. What is the issue here?

Answer 1

AFAIK, .zsh is not a file used by any shell, not even zsh. You probably want .zshrc if you're using zsh. If you're using Mac's default of bash, you want .bashrc instead.