How can I make tmux use my default shell?

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Mar 15, 2026189004 views

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On a new setup, tmux is using bash instead of my default (zsh). How can I force it to use zsh?

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in or . Works on Fedora. You can reload the config with e.g. You would need to do it for every tmux instance. Otherwise you may restart tmux with

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