{"id":1214,"date":"2021-02-03T20:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T05:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2021-02-03T20:18:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T05:18:20","slug":"bash-zsh-customization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accretiondisc.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/03\/bash-zsh-customization\/","title":{"rendered":"Bash \/ Zsh customization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AAPL changed the default shell from bash to zsh in either Mojave or Catalina. I ignored that, since nothing they’ve done lately betrays any understanding of Unix<\/a>. But even after I moved back to bash using chsh<\/em>, my Mac keeps reminding me that I’m doing it wrong. So I thought to myself: what if I did migrate to zsh? Or, rather, what’s keeping me from doing it? (Aside from AAPL being the ones to recommend it, I mean.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I know bash syntax pretty well, and I’ve got a bunch of shell scripts I wouldn’t want to find the bash-isms in. But OSX still includes bash, so running a shell script in bash is as simple as putting the right shebang up top. Assuming you have shell initialization working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do have it working. I think. I never know for sure. It’s a baling wire and chewing gum contraption, I admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is that bash initialization is impossible to figure out<\/a>. And even if you do figure it out, then you have to figure out what \/etc\/profile and \/etc\/bashrc and who-knows-what are invoking and in what order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if I don’t figure it out, I’ll always be to afraid to find out if zsh is worth using. Fortunately, I have a handy guide I can use to get a zsh initialization<\/a> working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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