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default-shell

Get the user's default shell

Install

npm install default-shell

Usage

import defaultShell from 'default-shell';

// macOS
console.log(defaultShell);
//=> '/bin/zsh'

// Windows
console.log(defaultShell);
//=> 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe'

There is also a method that gets the correct default shell even if it changes at runtime:

import {detectDefaultShell} from 'default-shell';

console.log(detectDefaultShell());
//=> '/bin/zsh'