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I attempted to setup bash shell by default on Mac OS X (Yosemite) Terminal app and zsh shell by default on iTerm2 app. However, it is either bash shell or zsh shell for both the apps.
$ chsh -s /bin/zsh
sets up a zsh shell for both the apps. While iTerm2 Preferences --> Profiles (Command) option set to /bin/zsh --login doesn't load up zsh shell by default for iTerm2 app if bash shell is setup for Terminal app.
Any simple suggestions?
A user has one shell. A basic environment is setup up when you log in to your computer. $HOME, $LOGNAME, $USER, $TMPDIR, and $SHELL variables are set. Also, the $PATH variable is set to the system PATH. Some of these variables are set by reading info in Apple's version of open directory instead of reading the traditional /etc/passwd. Apple's terminal emulator, Terminal.app, can be set to open another shell instead of your shell set in open directory. Preferences>Startup>Shells open with:>Command radio button>complete path to the shell you wish to run in the text field.
