Shell

zx is not aimed to replace the shell, but to provide a more convenient way to use it through JavaScript enhancements. It supplements the shell with a more powerful and expressive language, so some kind of bash/zsh is still required.

zx provides several functions to help with setup:

• useBash switches to bash
• usePowerShell - PowerShell
• usePwsh - pwsh (PowerShell v7+)

You can also set the shell directly via JS API, CLI flags or envars:

$.shell = '/bin/zsh'

zx --shell /bin/zsh script.js

ZX_SHELL=/bin/zsh zx script.js