Zsh

Zsh is a command-line shell and scripting language for Unix-like systems, first written by Paul Falstad in 1990.

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Zsh (Z shell) is a command-line shell and scripting language for Unix-like operating systems, first written by Paul Falstad in 1990. It builds on Bourne shell-style syntax and adds extensions such as command completion, plugins and themes. Apple has used Zsh as the default shell in macOS since macOS Catalina in 2019.

In the AI field, it is one of the shells coding agents use to run commands in a terminal. Because shells differ slightly in syntax and configuration, the same command can behave differently depending on which shell runs it.

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