Geek Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/open-terminal-faster.jpg" alt="Open Terminal faster by specifying a login shell" title="open-terminal-faster" width="620" height="138" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29767" /></p> <p>Whenever a new Terminal window is launched, a variety of system logs are read to provide information on the last login. One way to speed up launching a new terminal window is to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/06/speed-up-a-slow-terminal-by-clearing-log-files/">delete those .asl log files</a>, but you can achieve a substantial speed boost by simply setting Terminal to open a shell rather than /usr/bin/login. This is achieved through the same means of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/change-shell-mac-os-x/">changing the shell</a> and is just a few quick steps within Terminal settings:</p> <ol> <li>Open Preferences from within the Terminal pulldown menu</li> <li>Click the “Startup” tab</li> <li>Look for “Shells open with:” and check the box next to “Command (complete path):”</li> </ol> <p>The default shell is /bin/bash but you’re free to choose another.</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/specify-shell-terminal.jpg" alt="Specify a shell within Terminal to speed up opening new Terminal windows" title="specify-shell-terminal" width="620" height="542" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29766" /></p> <p>Once this setting has been adjusted, launch a new Terminal window and you should immediately notice the difference. This works because the many .asl log files are bypassed, but as a side effect you will lose the “<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/22/remove-the-last-login-message-from-the-terminal/">Last login</a>” MOTD message at login unless specified otherwise.</p> <p><em>Thanks for the tip <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/06/speed-up-a-slow-terminal-by-clearing-log-files/#comment-354197">Darren</a> & Yorkster</em></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Irk3Vz1v-u2105DYSyBeSG1DKWQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Irk3Vz1v-u2105DYSyBeSG1DKWQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Irk3Vz1v-u2105DYSyBeSG1DKWQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Irk3Vz1v-u2105DYSyBeSG1DKWQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=SJR5Keh_gAw:3bFlYeY3Prk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/SJR5Keh_gAw" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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