To do a good job, he must sharpen his tools. Play with the macOS terminal.

The first step is to install HomeBrew as a necessary package management tool for macOS. If you have not installed HomeBrew, you can run the following command to install it. If you have installed HomeBrew, you can run the following command to update it.

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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Git macOS usually comes with ZSH, but the version is relatively early. Let’s update it first so that we can use the latest features.

brew install zsh
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==> Downloading https:/ / homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/zsh-5.7.1.high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #100.0%
==> Pouring zsh-5.71..high_sierra.bottle.tar.gz
/usr/local/Cellar/zsh/5.71.: 1.515 files, 13.3MB
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Step 3 switch to ZSH and install oh-my-zsh to see the shell currently in use

$ echo $SHELL

/bin/bash
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View the installed shell

$ cat /etc/shells

/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh
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Switch to a ZSH

chsh -s /bin/zsh
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Restart the terminal to use ZSH.

Next, install oH-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
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After the installation, the terminal displays the following information:

____  / /_ ____ _____ __ ____ _____//_ / __ \/ __` __ \ / / / / / _ / / ___ / __ / / / _ / / / / / / / / / / / / _ / / / / _ (__) / / / \ ____ _ / _ / _ / / _ _ - / / / \ __, / /___/____/_/ /_/ /____/.... is now installed! Please look over the ~/.zshrc file to select plugins, themes, and options. p.s. Follow us at https://twitter.com/ohmyzsh. p.p.s. Get stickers and t-shirts at http://shop.planetargon.com.Copy the code

Step 4: Configure oh-my-zsh

Open the oh-my-zsh configuration file

Open the ZSHRC file for editing, or you can use the Vim editor

open ~/.zshrc
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I use VS Code

open ~/.zshrc -a Visual\ Studio\ Code
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The theme

ZSH_THEME is the oh-my-zsh theme configuration. The GitHub Wiki page of oh-my-zsh provides a list of themes. When ZSH_THEME=random is set to ZSH_THEME=random, a random theme is used every time the terminal is opened.

The plug-in

Plugins =(git osx autojump ZSH – autotext-text-considering) Zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-considering are self-defined plug-ins, which need to clone the plug-in into the specified plug-in directory with Git:

Autoprompt plug-in

git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
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Syntax highlighting plugin

git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
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If other plug-ins are required, you can install them by yourself. If no plug-in is installed, an error message will be displayed when the terminal is started. Install the corresponding plug-in as prompted.

Update the configuration

source ~/.zshrc
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The configuration takes effect after being updated.