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The Unix Shell
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macOS now uses Zsh as default shell #1433

Open Aariq opened 1 year ago

Aariq commented 1 year ago

How could the content be improved?

It would be good to mention Zsh early on in the episode now that it is the default shell on macOS. For example, by default, the Zsh prompt is % not $.

Which part of the content does your suggestion apply to?

https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/01-intro.html#the-shell

Aariq commented 1 year ago

Either that, or recommend that instructors have students with macOS change their preferences to use Bash as the default

bkmgit commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Maybe it is better to update the setup https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/install_instructions/#shell ? This is also mentioned at https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/index.html#where-to-type-commands-how-to-open-a-new-shell though maybe could be emphasized more.