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Reset Zsh config?

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Yesterday I installed Zsh, and tried to configure some things, but somehow everything is messed up. A lot of commands do not work, I've done PROMPT in ~/.zshrc but it does not work correctly either.

For example when I am trying to search for something:
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Now as you can see I also don't have the prompt name even though I added the PROMPT="...." configuration in the ~/.zshrc file.

Is it possible to somehow reset the whole configuration?

zsh  echo $PATH

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/mosquito/HP_Fortify/HP_Fortify_SCA_and_Apps_3.80/bin:/home/mosquito/HP_Fortify/HP_Fortify_SCA_and_Apps_3.80/bin







zsh  cat /etc/shells

/etc/shells: valid login shells

/bin/sh

/bin/dash

/bin/bash

/bin/rbash

/bin/zsh

/usr/bin/zsh

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answered 2 Years ago algicuade · Accepted Answer

To reset your zsh configuration, remove all instances of .zshrc and any .zshrc.??? swap files you may have left over from previous edits.

rm -f ~/.zshrc*

Then, close your terminal session and re-open. You should get the "new user" screen.
Select the options from the menu prompts to create a new recommended starting point for your .zshrc configuration and add any prompts or other options you need.

That should do it.

Just be sure that zsh is in /etc/shells file.

which zsh

Will verify the path to your zsh shell.

Set the default shell to zsh, if not already done with

chsh -s $(which zsh)

Verify your FPATH contains the zsh functions and site-functions folders.

Hopefully, all is well.