Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.
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zsh config - to export or not to export?
When setting variables in my ~/.zshrc I can either use export
export PATH=/some/path
or not
PATH=/some/path
How do these differ and which should I use?
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ZSH Quote escaping and expansion
I am trying to run tmux, passing several commands at once, and I'm unable to properly quote the string.
The command succeeds when manually entered on the command line:
~% /usr/local/bin/tmux ...
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bind ctrl+insert in zsh?
What key combo do I use to bind ctrl+insert in my zshrc? I tried entering quoted-insert mode (ctrl+V) but pressing ctrl+insert does not output anything.
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How can I open an application using the command line and then close the terminal without closing the opened application?
If I open an application from the command line, say Firefox, the application runs as long as the terminal stays open. Closing the terminal's tab will close the application.
Is there a way to open an ...
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Macports installed applications no longer showing up
I recently migrated my shell over to zsh from bash on my os x computer. I obtained zsh from macports, updated my default shell on os x, and restarted. When I tried to use port both shells said they ...
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ZSH, colourify & autocompletion
I have zsh with oh-my-zsh, I added an alias to color the make output using
alias make="colourify make"
but when I use it, make autocompletion does not work anymore. If I use unalias make, the make ...
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Add sound to keystrokes in iTerm2 / zsh
I've been searching for quite a while now, but haven't found anything. I want to spice my terminal up a bit more than just colorizing it – I also want to add specific sounds to keystrokes, newlines ...
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Only complete command names if no file name completions exist
Reasoning:
I have autocd enabled, yet I never use it because it makes tab-completion a huge pain, as every single command name on my system will be completed along with the filename completions.
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I can't see colors in zsh through SSH
I recently moved from bash to ZSH and oh-my-zsh (which is so far wonderful) and installed it in my desktop, laptop and hosting (dreamhost) with a theme called agnoster.
I also installed solarized and ...
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What is the bash equivalent of zsh vared command?
I saw that with zsh vared you can edit on the fly the specified environment variable. Is there an equivalent command for bash?
Thanks
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Edit Current Command in Zsh Vi Mode
So I know that you can set vi mode in bash with
set -o vi
I also know that you can set vi mode in zsh with
bindkey -v
The vi mode in bash has a great feature that allows you to edit the command ...
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Advantages of moving to zsh? if using bash in emacs shell? [closed]
I've read lots about great things from zsh. The big hangup for me was that I occasionally use the bash shell within emacs. I realize that there's some tweaking to make this work, such as:
zsh ...
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Use zsh completion in vim instead of vim one
I like zsh completion where for example I can write f/o/fTab and get folder/other_folder/file.txt (I'm not sure, it's possible feature of oh-my-zsh, not zsh, but it seems that it doesn't matter)
Also ...
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Invoke zsh, then *source* another file (while entering interactive mode)
This question is of course related, but different to the one about executing a command.
That questions’ solutions involve either starting a subshell – which isn’t possible due to the requirement of ...
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Can I make zsh expand tildes in double quotes?
Ever since I discovered you can use filename completion in double quotes, I've been using it for files with spaces in their names (like /Library/Application Support). It looks nicer and is easier to ...
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1answer
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How to bind function keys in zsh?
Does anyone know how to bind function keys in zsh? I want to be able to use function keys in programs running in my terminal, not bind them to some function in zsh. I've tried putting bindkey "\e[OP" ...
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How can I use bindkey and zle in zsh to change a control key plus numbers to a variable string?
I use a set of shell scripts called SCM Breeze to give me an enhanced git status. It marks files in my git status with numbers that are set to variables, i.e. $e1, $e2, and $e3 can be used to ...
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How to prevent zsh from showing environment variable name instead of current path?
I'm using "oh-my-zsh".
I have an environment variable set to the current path, let's say:
PROJECT=/home/me/projects/client/project
and my zsh prompt looks like this:
me@my-machine:~PROJECT$
...
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How to disable zsh tab completion for NFS dirs?
I use zsh and its tab completion. When I accidentally hit tab in a (slow) NFS dir, zsh takes way too long. Even worse, if the NFS is down, and I hit /mnt/[tab], my whole shell locks up.
How can I ...
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Putting the “canonical” working directory in a zsh prompt on OS X (iTerm 2, if that matters)
I use zsh and oh-my-zsh for my shell environment on OS X, and I'm having a hard time tracking down whether or not the thing that is happening is a result of an oh-my-zsh function or the default ...
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Searching thought history with up and down arrow zsh
When I first switched to ZSH when I would use the up arrow key to move through history it would filter the history based on what I had already typed so if I type mysql and then up I would be stepping ...
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Using wildcards in commands with zsh
Using commands such as rsync and scp with ZSH I've run into trouble. Instead of the (normal) behaviour of giving me all matching files, it won't run and returns:
➜ ~ rsync -azP user@server:~/* ~/
...
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ZSH not finding commands [duplicate]
I've noticed several times that zsh can't find commands when running pipes, e.g.:
➜ ~ ps aux | grep terminal
zsh: command not found: grep
➜ ~ curl -L ...
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how to make ctrl+p behave exactly like up arrow in zsh?
First of all, I am using zsh and oh-my-zsh with nearly no other customization.
In zsh, when I press up-arrow, it brings me the latest commands. And if I typed some characters before I press up-arrow, ...
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How can I get zsh to display international characters properly?
I just started using zsh, and love it. However, I've stumbled upon an annoyance when it comes to international characters:
➜ ~ touch åäö.txt
➜ ~ ls
...
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autocompletion of .. from a symlinked path
Say I cd to a symlink then try to tab-autocomplete on top of ../
$ mkdir /foo/bar
$ ln -s /foo/bar /baz/bar
$ cd /baz
$ cd bar
$ cd ../{tab}
In bash, autocomplete presents me with the contents of ...
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ZSH glob expansion without menu
I'm trying to configure zshell in such a way that:
$ ls *<TAB>
# results in
ls a b c d e f g <cursor>
where "a, b, .., g" are the files that match the wildcard.
Instead it gives me the ...
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How to look at the past directory history the shell was in?
Sometimes I like to look back in the command history to figure out what I was doing. Sometimes it would help to know what the cwd was for each command.
So, I'm wondering if there's some way to track ...
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ZSH list completions after unambiguously tab-completing a directory
Better shown through example, here is the desired behaviour:
~/documents/doc1.txt, ~/documents/doc2.txt, and ~/downloads exist.
The user types:
vim ~/doc<TAB>
Because this completion is not ...
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zsh fail to expand apt-get regex?
zsh seems to fail expand apt-get regular expression. For instance I would like to install all packages that has the prefix llvm-3.1, and I use:
sudo apt-get install llvm-3.1*
But zsh tells me that:
...
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ZSH show completions without pressing tab like vim's ctrlp?`
Is it possible to update zsh's completion list with each key typed for commands that take a file/folder as a parameter (e.g. cd). In other words for these kinds of commands, the tab key would be ...
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Adding a specific binary (zsh) to the $PATH?
I have installed a more recent version of zsh using homebrew, located at /usr/local/bin/zsh.
which zsh returns /bin/zsh.
How can I make /usr/local/bin/zsh the default, without adding the entire ...
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Can not bring a background running vim to foreground?
If I have a vim running in the background, it seems that I can not bring it back to foreground. Do you have any idea, why?
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What are the differences between oh-my-zsh and prezto?
I understand both Oh-My-Zsh and Prezto are a collection of files meant to assist setting up your zsh (Z Shell) configuration.
Could someone please explain what they're doing that is different to the ...
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zsh start message
Why did I start to get this verbose messages when I start zsh? Haven't changed my zsh profile lately. Using iTerm2 on OS X ML.
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-jMO12e/Render
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zsh $RPS1 always get replaced
I just switched from bash to zsh for its great completion system.
Recently I'm trying to add vcs_info to RPS1, but even if it is set at the end of ~/.zshrc, it still gets replaced to something like ...
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Start new zsh interactive shell and then run a command [duplicate]
I've needed this in several places, I'm surprised it doesn't exist, and I haven't found an adequate workaround.
I need this for several reasons, but the ones I can remember off the top of my head ...
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How to deal with the shell input before it executed in Bash or zsh? [closed]
everyone. I am a bash/zsh user(Linux). I want to realize the following things.
First, input the command in the bash/zsh shell, like:
$ wonderful:
In fact, a program named `wonderful:' doesn't ...
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Silent cd using cdpath with zsh?
When using cd to navigate to a path found by cdpath that is not located relative to ., the resulting path gets echoed. For example, assuming a directory structure like ~/parent/child and a cdpath like ...
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zsh - prompt redraw after executing command
I just started using zsh and I'm configuring a few things. I've chosen the vi bindings as I'm more familiar with those. As many people before me, I soon found it would be useful to have some visual ...
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Break out of nested functions in a shell
If I have a series of nested functions, how can I break out of all of them from the innermost function?
EDIT: Busy looking into the builtin 'trap'...
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2answers
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Put a command in history without executing it
In bash, if I have a command on the line, and I press Alt-# (with the cursor anywhere on the line), it adds a # to the front of the line, commenting it out, 'executes' it (which does nothing since ...
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zsh prompts to correct executable when running bundle exec
why does zsh ask to correct rspec to spec when running bundler?
✗ rspec --version
2.12.2
✗ bundle exec rspec --version
zsh: correct 'rspec' to 'spec' [nyae]? n
2.12.2
system:
ubuntu 12.10
using ...
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zsh history up-arrow history completion not working
I am not able to get the zsh history keybindings to work the way I'd like. I'd like to be able to type sudo and then use the up arrow to scroll through all history commands with the prefix sudo.
I ...
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How do I change my default shell on a remote server?
I tried changing it the way recommended in How do i change my default shell from bash to zsh?, as shown below:
chsh -s $(which zsh)
but that gave me an error. The system asks me to use ypchsh ...
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vim backgroundcolor in tmux - how to force zsh to use screen instead of xterm in tmux
I am having the same problem like the questioner in 256 color support for vim background in tmux.
In my normal terminal with zsh, I have no background color issues in vim, but when I run it inside ...
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How to source zshrc from bash script
I have a script written in bash that sets up my zsh config and changes current user's shell to zsh if needed/possible. After default shell is changed, I want zsh to load my new profile, but when I do ...
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zsh - variable assignment isn't working
I have this line in a function I'm adapting from a bash function into zsh function:
local info=( $(command df -P $fs | awk 'END{ print $2,$3,$5 }') )
Whenever I call it in the func I get this:
...
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Aliases with numerical names
I just installed Oh My ZSH on my Mac. Everything is working great, except I can't define aliases with numerical names.
If I execute
alias 5="cd ~/Projects/Projectname/"
5
I get the following error ...
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Remove path until slash when typing in terminal
For instance, when I type a path in terminal
cd project/example/one
I can press Ctrl+W and remove the entire "word" project/example/one.
Sometimes it's not very useful.
Are there any shortcuts for ...
