Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ZSHRC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ZSHRC to another file type
To convert ZSHRC configuration files to another format, you need Zsh or other Developer software.
Convert a file to ZSHRC
To convert other file formats to the "Unix Shell Configuration" file type, you need software like Zsh or a similar tool.
About ZSHRC files
The .zshrc file is a configuration script for Zsh (Z shell), a powerful Unix shell used by default on modern macOS and widely in Linux environments. It stores aliases, environment variables, and custom functions that load every time a new terminal session starts. It is a plain text file, easily edited with Vim, Nano, or Visual Studio Code. A major disadvantage of the .zshrc format is its strict shell-specific syntax. Scripts and aliases written for Zsh will often fail if you switch to Bash or Fish. Furthermore, as a hidden system file (prefixed with a dot), many standard desktop applications ignore or refuse to open it, frustrating users who just want to read the code. Users often need to convert or adapt .zshrc settings to a BASHRC file when moving to a standard Linux server, or convert the file to TXT or MD to document and share their terminal setup.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ZSHRC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ZSHRC file to BASHRC or FISH, you can use Zsh or similar software from the "Shell Environment Configuration" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to ZSHRC, try Zsh or another comparable tool in the "Shell Environment Configuration" category.
The ZSHRC Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ZSHRC converter.