Switching to zsh

Introduction

Nearly all *nix installations default to using bash for their command line interface.

tl;dr

• Launch zsh

  zsh

• Clone Prezto repository

  git clone --recursive https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto.git "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto"

• Create a new Zsh configuration

  setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
  for rcfile in "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"/.zprezto/runcoms/^README.md(.N); do
  ln -s "$rcfile" "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.${rcfile:t}"
  done

• Set Zsh as the default shell

  chsh -s /bin/zsh

• Restart your terminal and the default Prezto theme, with chevrons and all, should be enabled

References

• [Switching from bash to zsh - Chen Hui Jing

  ](https://www.chenhuijing.com/blog/bash-to-zsh/)
• Switching from bash to zsh in OS X - Brent Ertz