MSN: I switched my Linux terminal to Zsh and it’s the biggest productivity boost I’ve had in years
I switched my Linux terminal to Zsh and it’s the biggest productivity boost I’ve had in years
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The zsh shell provides the .zprofile under the user home directory in order to load profile related configuration. The path is ~/.zprofile and can be used like a bash profile file with zsh commands.
Explore the various configuration files for Zsh, such as .zshenv, .zprofile, and .zshrc.
Keep in mind, however, that zsh is not bash, so just 'cause you have to source your .bash_profile every time you open a terminal does not mean that you have to do that with zsh. With zsh, I only have to re-source my ~/.zshenv when I make changes to it, and then only for terminals which are already open: new terminals should have already sourced my new and improved ~/.zshenv. NOTE I often find ...
Beginners often get confused when configuring Zsh shell on a Mac. Zsh shell offers four configuration files with no discernible differences. Particularly, ~/.zshrc and ~/.zprofile appear to be identical, leaving us wondering which one to use. In thi...
2 The zsh manual, section 5 "Files" [1] has a section that shows the precise sequence of dot files read at login and logout. This is specific to zsh, and does not cover the interaction with .profile, ie, compatibility. Nonetheless, I have found this helpful in structuring my zsh dot files.