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Update MacOS / OSX to latest Bash from Brew (installing Bash 4 to MacOS)
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First, install the latest bash using brew:

brew install bash

Next, add the local bash installation to the list of available shells by adding /usr/local/bin/bash to /etc/shells

sudo sh -c 'echo /usr/local/bin/bash >> /etc/shells'

Finally, change your user's shell via chsh

chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
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