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Terminal on MacBook Pro

This is the message in my terminal - The default interactive shell is now zsh.

To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.

What should I do to run commands in my terminal?


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jun 28, 2023 9:59 AM

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Posted on Jun 28, 2023 10:25 AM

MuchTolurn wrote:

This is the message in my terminal - The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
What should I do to run commands in my terminal?


If you hardly use Terminal you really do not have to do anything. Forget about it.


If you want to move to the new default shell as you message indicates then simply copy and paste:

chsh -s /bin/zsh


use the enter\return key to execute the command




To see you current shell:

 echo $SHELL


To see all your options:

 cat /etc/shells




ref: Change the default shell in Terminal on Mac


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Jun 28, 2023 10:25 AM in response to MuchTolurn

MuchTolurn wrote:

This is the message in my terminal - The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
What should I do to run commands in my terminal?


If you hardly use Terminal you really do not have to do anything. Forget about it.


If you want to move to the new default shell as you message indicates then simply copy and paste:

chsh -s /bin/zsh


use the enter\return key to execute the command




To see you current shell:

 echo $SHELL


To see all your options:

 cat /etc/shells




ref: Change the default shell in Terminal on Mac


Jun 28, 2023 12:35 PM in response to MuchTolurn

Depending on your answer to the following, I may have a more informative response for you:

  1. You do/don't have a need to fequently launch the Terminal application, or you are not familiar with a UNIX command line in the Terminal.
  2. You do/don't write scripts, run shell commands, or have a need for a more powerful shell than the 2007-era Bash shell.

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Terminal on MacBook Pro

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