Shell - Startup _hot_

If you open a terminal tab in a graphical environment (assuming you are already logged in), this is usually a non-login interactive shell.

In Zsh, there is less distinction between login and non-login interactive shells. It generally reads the following files in order: shell startup

Zsh (Z Shell) has gained massive popularity, largely due to frameworks like Oh My Zsh. Zsh simplifies the startup process significantly compared to Bash. If you open a terminal tab in a

# Alias definitions alias ll='ls -lah' alias ..='cd ..' alias home='cd ~' alias reload='source ~/.bashrc' shell startup