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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'