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Bash is definitely seen as the "Linux shell", but most users of non-Linux Unixes and Unix-likes don't use Bash. macOS, for instance, now uses Zsh out of the box
by snazz 6y ago
Bash is definitely seen as the "Linux shell", but most users of non-Linux Unixes and Unix-likes don't use Bash. macOS, for instance, now uses Zsh out of the box (although most Bash one-liners still run unmodified in Zsh).
But Linux is the majority of the Unix-like market, so it (and therefore Bash) dominates.
- tssva 6y agomacOS just recently switched to zsh as the default and doesn't change the shell for existing users so I imagine it is likely the majority of macOS users are still using bash.
- snazz 6y agoTrue, although it gives you a pretty prominent notice that Zsh is now the preferred shell when you start Terminal for the first time after updating to Catalina.