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Set remote fish prompt

I enjoy using the fish prompt, and fish_config is brilliant. But if I want to swap my remote terminal to another prompt but don’t want to open a hole in my firewall to run the config web page, it’s not obvious how I can do that. So, for posterity, here’s what you do. All the starter prompts are located at the following path. Execute them as a script and, boom, now your prompt will be set to that default.…

Install a friendly terminal shell

If you’re unfamiliar with a terminal command line or tired of using bash, you’ll benefit from installing another shell. There are a number of options, but the fish shell is the simplest to install and use. Simple doesn’t mean basic - it’s elegant and wonderful. Install Fish First, install fish. On MacOs the command is: brew install fish ℹ️ For an exhaustive install manual, see this cookbook. Jorge's cookbook…