To add Syntax Highlighting in Zsh Shell, follow the below steps,
- Open the Terminal on your Mac/Linux.
- Make sure you have brew installed.
% brew --version Homebrew 4.0.19
- Now you will need to install package zsh-syntax-highlighting using HomeBrew.
% brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting
- Make sure to edit the .zshrc file and add the following.
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
- Run the below command to activate syntax highlighting.
% source ~/.zshrc
Now when you will try to run commands with options on your Zsh shell you will see the text getting syntax highlighted (blue and red).

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