Changing the zx's shell in Windows

[Mojtaba-NA]

Hi, is there any way to change the shell that zx uses in windows?
I've tried $ls --shell=path-to-bash and putting $.shell = 'path-to-bash' before them but neither works

[johnlindquist]

@Mojtaba-NikAeen This is all I could find:

google/zx#523 (comment)

Just to be sure, in your ~/.kit/package.json, is zx on 7.1.1?

If you need to upgrade that, use:

(I'm assuming you're using windows bash):

cd ~/.kit && PATH=~/.knode/bin:$PATH npm i zx

[Mojtaba-NA]

I've upgraded to 7.1.1 and now it uses powershell instead of cmd and still won't let me change it to anything else.

[johnlindquist]

@Mojtaba-NikAeen You can try the latest pre-release of Script Kit. It probably won't fix it, but 🤷‍♂️

https://github.com/johnlindquist/kitapp/releases/tag/v1.49.4

[Mojtaba-NA]

I'm not in a hurry and I'm pretty sure this is zx's issue (I'll tinker with that) so I'll just wait for the next release.
Thank you for your help.
Love your app, It's amazing.

[Mojtaba-NA]

I've installed zx in .kenv folder and imported $ directly from zx and everything seems to be working fine.
small thing I've noticed is that $.shell returns undefined in script kit but returns the path that it detects automatically when running separately using zx ./script.mjs.

[fcrespo82]

@Mojtaba-NikAeen Can you show me an example on how you achieved that?
I'm trying what you said but my script hangs and never finishes.

[Mojtaba-NA]

@fcrespo82
When you edit a script, it opens up a folder called .kenv, in that folder run the command npm i zx.
then:
import { $ } from 'zx'

now use that $ to run commands instead of the global $ that scriptkit provides.
await $`ls -l`

to change the shell, put this at the top of your script (or just a line above where you're actually using the $):
$.shell = 'path-to-executable'

[fcrespo82]

Thanks.

My mistake was that even when I was installing zx on .kenv, I was using as const zx = await npm('zx')