How does one locate a .zshrc file?

Question

I used Homebrew to install Z shell (zsh) 5.0.7 on my Mac.

For the life of me, .zshrc is nowhere to be found. It is not in ~. Is is not in /etc or /etc/zshrc as they suggest here: http://zshwiki.org/home/config/files

Am I supposed to create it myself?

Solution 1

Sure. If it's not there already, create it yourself.

$ touch ~/.zshrc

Solution 2

You can run the helper script zsh-newuser-install from the prompt, and it will walk you through the process to create an initial .zshrc in your home directory.

Comments

[Admin]

Thanks a lot. I lost way too much time on that !

[Robin Hsu]

You can just search on the web for "sample .zshrc" instead of writing your own from the scratch.

[sapanoia]

This comment does not add anything new on top of all the other touch FILE answers.