Speed up a slow Terminal by clearing log files

The Mac OS X Terminal can become slow to launch over time, but there’s an easy solution to speed it up again. By deleting the Apple System Logs, you can shave the lag in opening and launching new Terminal windows/tabs dramatically

Here’s how to delete the log files and gain your Terminal launch speed back:

At the command line type the following:

sudo rm -rf /private/var/log/asl/*.asl