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The autocorrection function of zsh is very helpful for me but it does't always gives a proper result.

~$ sudo vim somefile
zsh: correct 'vim' to '.vim' [nyae]?

Yet what I want is something like the a never option that can stop it to correct commands like those forever.

How can I do this?

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You can inform zsh that it should not autocorrect on specific commands by aliasing them with the prefix 'nocorrect' in your .zshrc (example here: http://dzen.geekmode.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/-main/ZshConfiguration):

alias vim='nocorrect vim '

Alternatively -- if this whitelisting process becomes too frustrating -- you can switch autocorrect off entirely with the following in your .zshrc:

unsetopt correct_all

Amended to add: here is a previous discussion on this subject - Exceptions to zsh correctall feature?

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While this works for when vim command is at the start, but doesn't work for commands such as bundle exec cucumber <some_specific_feature> && bundle exec rspec <some_specific_spec>. I've added an alias for rspec. Any tips? – Martin Foot Oct 3 '12 at 8:55
@MartinFoot: if you use oh-my-zsh the bundler plugin may help you: coderwall.com/p/weixga – brafales Nov 19 '12 at 16:03
In the new versions unsetopt correct_all changed to unsetopt correct – antitoxic Apr 3 at 19:58

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