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Z shell (zsh) is a Unix command-line interpreter shell created by Paul Falstad.

Description

Z shell is similar to, but not completely compatible with, KornShell (zsh), with many additions to accommodate C shell (csh) users while including some TENEX C Shell (tsch) features. Zsh supports editing of multi-line commands in a single buffer; variable editing; a command buffer stack; recursive globbing; manipulation of arrays; and spelling correction. zsh uses GNU autoconf and should compile and run on any modern version and some older versions of Unix.[1]

Zsh on macOS

Bash had previously been the default command-line shell for Mac OS X since its NeXTSTEP origins. In 2019, Apple replaced bash with zsh in new installations of macOS Catalina (10.15). Upgrades to Catalina will retain the user's existing installation of bash with a notification in case the user would like to switch to zsh.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Z shell at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 1995-10-31.
  2. ↑ Resources for Adapting to zsh in Catalina by Josh Centers, TidBITS. 2019-12-08.

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