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CachyOS

Configuration Shell

CachyOS currently does use the fish shell as default. Is is possible to change the default shell.

Zsh

We are shipping already an OOB zsh config with common used plugins and configuration. You can find it here. to change your default shell to zsh, run following command:

Terminal window
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

Fish

Fish has also an OOB Configuration, which can be found here. to change your default shell to fish, run following command:

Terminal window
chsh -s /usr/bin/fish

Bash

This is the common used default shell. Bash does not provide features like auto completion, a easy history, … to change your default shell to bash, run following command:

Terminal window
chsh -s /usr/bin/bash