mise en

• Usage: mise en [-s --shell <SHELL>] [DIR]
• Source code: src/cli/en.rs

Start a new shell with the mise environment built from the current configuration

This is an alternative to mise activate for starting a mise session explicitly. The new shell has the tools and environment variables from the config loaded. Unlike an activated shell, changing directories does not update the environment.

Arguments

• [DIR] — Directory to start the shell in

  Default: .

Flags

• -s --shell <SHELL> — Shell to start

  Defaults to $SHELL

• -h --help — Print help

Examples

Start a shell and check node. Example output: v20.0.0.

mise en .
node -v

Skip loading bashrc.

mise en -s "bash --norc"

Skip loading zshrc.

mise en -s "zsh -f"

Related documentation

• Shell activation.
• All commands.
• Global flags and argument syntax.