Faster Shell Startup With Shell Switching

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A few days ago Thorsten Ball wrote a post exhorting Unix users to A few days ago Thorsten Ball wrote a post exhorting Unix users to optimise their shell’s startup timeoptimise their shell’s startup time. It’s excellent advice and well worth following.. It’s excellent advice and well worth following. The Unix shell has two major use cases: as an interactive prompt (what we often call “the command line”); and as a “scripting” The Unix shell has two major use cases: as an interactive prompt (what we often call “the command line”); and as a “scripting” [1][1] or “non-interactive command” language. We normally pick one shell (bash, fish, zsh,... or “non-interactive command” language. We normally pick one shell (bash, fish, zsh,...