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Shell

Find Shell

# Show default shell. Should be zsh
$ echo $0

# Change shell
$ chsh -s /bin/zsh

Shell Configuration File

Specific to zsh shell. Your root folder should have a file called .zshrc. Use this configuration in your config file.

Remember to replace my_user_name with the one you are using right now.

# Once done updating the config file, apply the configuration update by
$ source ~/.zshrc

Shell Theme Manager

Install Oh My Zsh from the website, and apply the configuration.

# It'll report missing depedencies:

# Install ruby
$ brew install ruby

# In most cases, applying source file changes will give colorls missing
$ sudo gem install colorls


# Install additional plugins
$ brew install zsh-autosuggestions
$ brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting

References