On macOS, Zsh is available as the default shell starting from macOS Catalina (10.15) and later versions. Note that Zsh is backward compatible with Bash, so you can still use Bash commands and scripts within Zsh. In this entry, I will cover common tips on using and configuring Zsh.
On macOS, the .zshrc file is a configuration file for the Zsh shell.
Set Export and Alias in Zsh
To setup .zshrc, open .zshrc
echo 'export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.17`' >> ~/.zshrc echo 'alias mkubectl="minikube kubectl --"' >> ~/.zshrc echo 'source /path-to/.zshrc' >> ~/.profile
such as
echo 'export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.17`' >> ~/.zshrc echo 'alias mkubectl="minikube kubectl --"' >> ~/.zshrc echo 'source /Users/jchiang/.zshrc' >> ~/.profile
Then you can open a new terminal and verify the exported variables as well as alias
echo $JAVA_HOME mkubectl
