How Do I Permanently Change the Default Shell in Linux?
Contents How Do I Change My Default Shell? to Change a User Account’s Default Shell on macOS, Simply Run the Chsh -S (Change Shell) Command in a Terminal...
How do I change my default shell?
To change a user account’s default shell on macOS, simply run the chsh -s (change shell) command in a Terminal window. You’ll have to enter your user account’s password. Finally, close the Terminal window and reopen it. You’ll be using Bash instead of Zsh.
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How do I change the default shell to Bash in Linux?
Changing the Default Shell of the Current User
If we want to change the default shell of the current login user, we can execute the chsh command with the -s <NEW_SHELL> option. Let’s change the default shell of the current user to Bash: kent$ chsh -s /bin/bash Changing shell for kent. Password: Shell changed.
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