Add Syntax Highlighting in Zsh Shell

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).

If you face any problems in these steps, do let me know in the comments, I will try to assist.

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