Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS

A pity they didn't make a structured output shell rather than traditional regex scraping but their main concern is compatibility, and zsh fits nicely.

Re: Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS

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Post by sarah180 » Wed, Jun 05, 2019, 8:39 AM UTC

nailer wrote: post #6

stOneskull wrote: post #4

it doesn't say why. is it a BSD vs GNU thing?

It's a licensing thing yes. Current bash's are GPLv3, zsh is MIT. A pity they didn't make a structured output shell rather than traditional regex scraping but their main concern is compatibility, and zsh fits nicely.

PowerShell is available for Linux & Mac now if you're looking for a structured, object-oriented shell on your Mac.

Re: Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS

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Post by robin_reala » Wed, Jun 05, 2019, 8:44 AM UTC

sarah180 wrote: post #7

nailer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a licensing thing yes. Current bash's are GPLv3, zsh is MIT. A pity they didn't make a structured output shell rather than traditional regex scraping but their main concern is compatibility, and zsh fits nicely.

PowerShell is available for Linux & Mac now if you're looking for a structured, object-oriented shell on your Mac.

Doesn’t really fit into the posix compatibility bucket though. If that hadn’t had been a concern then I imagine fish is the most Mac-like shell out there.

Re: Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS

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Post by hackbinary » Wed, Jun 05, 2019, 8:44 AM UTC

I thought everyone was using the fish shell on the Mac. :)

http://fishshell.com/

Re: Apple makes zsh default shell on macOS

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Post by wirrbel » Wed, Jun 05, 2019, 8:47 AM UTC

I can recommend the GRML ZSH config to go with ZSH https://grml.org/zsh/

Works out-of-the-box for me on most machines (i.e. I don't maintain shell settings besides downloadding GRML zsh regularly) and it is not as big as oh-my-zsh.