What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it?

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Jonathan Carter

Posted on July 5, 2019

What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it?

Hey all! I keep meaning to give Fish a serious evaluation as my default shell, since it seems to provide enough meaningful productivity enhancements over Bash, with little-to-no setup (e.g. command auto-completions). That said, I’m curious to hear what others are using, what their exact setup is, and what they love the most about it. In particular, what things do you find actually have a significant impact on your productivity and general developer enjoyment (as opposed to just being “cool”)?

Do you primarily use Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell, or something else? Do you use a framework/plugin manager such as Oh My Zsh or Fisher? Are there any particular pro-tips that you feel like everyone should know, in order to get the most out of their shell?

Feel free to share any and all details about your personal shell setup, so that we can all get inspiration to try something new, and possibly up-level our daily dev workflows! Also, bonus points if you include a screenshot/gif of your setup and favorite shell feature in action 🚀

💖 💪 🙅 🚩
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Jonathan Carter

Posted on July 5, 2019

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