Questions tagged [zsh]
Zsh is a shell with many advanced command-line and scripting features.
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zsh completion - ignore executable files with no dot in the name
I am trying to ignore files that are executable and have no dot in them, because when I am coding in C I don't want to open the binary executable files with neovim. Here is what I am trying to achieve:...
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Launching a program via `xdg-open` from a subshell without blocking
I've noticed that calling xdg-open from a subshell will reliably block until the launched process is closed. I suspect there may be a reason for this, but I'm not sure as to why. For example, ...
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Zsh: Is it possible to disable history expansion inside double quotes?
Is it possible to disable history expansion inside double quotes?
I do not want history expansion to be completely disabled, as I still use it, but I see no reason to expand the history inside a ...
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Autocomplete of diff command not working in zsh / oh-my-zsh
On MacOS I am using oh-my-zsh with no customization that I know of.
Autocompletion is mostly working quite nicely and I'm very happy with it. But for some reason the diff command is different.
➜ ls ...
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zsh autocomplete without completing prompt
Tried to find this answer, but could not.
I am new to zsh, and I like it a lot on my Mac. I am looking for an option to set it to autocomplete, but without putting the completion in the prompt until ...
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Unzip files, excluding files based on wildcard
I'm trying to extract all the files from a ZIP file, except for files with a specific extension.
Succeeds:
> unzip myzip.zip
Archive: myzip.zip
inflating: ...
Fails:
> unzip myzip.zip -x *....
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Why doesn't the process substitution <() work with ssh -F
I have some vagrant virtual machines. To log into them I issue the vagrant ssh command. I want to log into them using regular ssh command. The vagrant ssh-config outputs the suitable config file
$ ...
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Random debug messages appearing in terminal, vim, and zsh: "channel 0: window sent adjust [...]" on Ubuntu 22.04
When I use the terminal, vim, or zsh, a message randomly appears on a line, interrupting the text or command:
debug2: channel 0: window 999072 sent adjust 49504
Is this a bug? How to fix it?
Ubuntu ...
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Zsh: completion not working for self-defined function based on git
In my .zshrc file I have written a function based on git log:
lg() {
git log \
--abbrev=12 \
--graph \
--oneline \
--color=always \
--format="%C(cyan)%h %C(blue)%ar %C(...
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Can you fix this error while creating alias for encryption and decryption by GPG in z-shell?
I wanted to make a .zshrc alias with the help of these previous aliases present to make an alias to convert a compressed gpg to its original uncompressed folder or file...
However, I am facing this ...
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Replace a string in a script without modifying the file, and then to execute it
I have both BSD (default) and GNU Awk implementations installed on a Mac (the latter is envoked using gawk instead of just awk), and I have a shell script with contents like this:
awk -v maxLen=72 '
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In zsh, how can I more quickly disown the foreground process?
My method for disowning the foreground process takes too much effort.
Suppose I have a process in zsh's foreground. I want to disown it, so I can close the shell without the process being sent a ...
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Fastfetch colors not loading everytime
I have fastfetch installed and want a smaller configuration to be started, every time i open a terminal. This in itself works perfectly. However most of the times the colors don't load at all but i ...
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zsh: locking failed for ~/.cache/zsh/zsh_history: file exists
I have a bind mount ~/.cache/zsh folder between multiple hosts with rw and defaults when doing mount.
When I start both machine and zsh trying to lock zsh_history, it gives error zsh: locking failed ...
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Going to the direcory of a file as fast as posible [duplicate]
Is there a way to get to the path of a file as fast as possible and in the least amount of keystrokes.
Context:
Type cd and then paste the path of a file and then have to go back and hit backspace ...
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Repeating zsh brace expansion values in zsh to download multiple files using wget2
I want to download all files named ${n}x${n} from a directory on a website with wget2 on zsh, where n is the same number value both times, with n from 1 to 6000.
I've found that specifying all the ...
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Zsh: Non-reverse history search
In Zsh, to reverse search command history, the keyboard shortcut is Control-R. For example:
echo foo
echo bar
echo baz
Then press Control-R > Type ec > You will see echo baz > Press Control-...
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How to use argument twice in printf in shell?
printf %s%s one two prints onetwo but I would like oneonetwotwo
How can I do that?
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7.5 * 2 results in 15., with a trailing dot. How can I get rid of it?
Using zsh:
width=7.25; echo $(( width * 2 )): the output is 14.5
width=7.5; echo $(( width * 2 )): the output is 15., with a trailing dot
This seems to be a very basic thing, but I haven't figured ...
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How to get Zsh to tab-complete to the next file when already completed?
I have a series of files I want to open. I open the first like this:
rifle ~/path/to/myfile-part1-title.mp4
I watch the video, close the terminal and the next day I want to watch part2. So I hit CTRL-...
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"Argument list too long" in ZSH with any command
I wish I could be more thorough in my explanation, but I have been using my same Artix setup for a while now, without any issues I couldn't fix myself. However, after installing VirtualBox (Which I ...
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Terminal autocomplete (tab) not completing when changing directory up one level (cd ../)
I'm a relative Linux noob: I've worked with the bash shell for quite a while via an Ubuntu install in WSL2 on a Windows 11 machine and recently took the plunge to switch over to Linux 100%. My ...
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Assign variable a value and copy this value to the clipboard
I believe this is very simple, but I haven't figured it out myself. How is it possible to assign variable a value and copy this value to the clipboard in a really concise way?
That is, something like ...
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To make 'rmdir' and 'find -delete' ignore '.DS_Store' files
On macOS, there is a hidden file .DS_Store in some directories (well, in most of them).
The problem with .DS_Store files is that rmdir and find . -depth 1 -type d -empty -print -delete don't delete ...
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Zsh: Copy or Move symlinks to regular files, but not symlinks to directories (or vice versa)
In Zsh,
to copy regular files, I can use cp source-dir/*(.) dest-dir/
to copy directories: cp source-dir/*(/) dest-dir/
to copy everything else, e.g., symlinks, pipes, and devices:
cp source-dir/*(^./...
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Glob character within variable expands in bash but not zsh
I'm seeing an issue with zsh where a glob character within a variable is not expanding as I would expect. The following example does a better job of explaining it.
$ echo $0
-bash
$ echo $HOME/...
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Function to go forward one directory, if possible?
I use below code snippet (by pressing alt-h), to go backward one level of current directory.
up-dir() {
cd ".."
zle reset-prompt
}
zle -N up-dir
bindkey "^[h" up-dir
I want similar ...
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In zsh, annotate each line in a file to which both stdout and stderr have been redirected with the line's source (stdout or stderr)
In zsh, how can I annotate each line in a file to which both stdout and stderr have been redirected with the line's source (stdout or stderr)?
I want output with the source name prepended to the line, ...
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Concise zsh regular expression parameter expansion to replace the last match of a pattern
Is there any concise zsh regular expression parameter expansion to replace the last match of a pattern?
I know very ugly way of doing it, but I'd prefer a cleaner, more concise syntax:
# param, ...
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How to define and load your own shell function in zsh
I am having a hard time defining and running my own shell functions in zsh. I followed the instructions on the official documentation and tried with easy example first, but I failed to get it work.
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Installing oh-my-zsh without git
How can I install oh-my-zsh from master on the machine behind firewall and without git and internet access?
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Be notified of new mail in any Maildir inbox under ~/Mail, in the Zsh shell
I have a cron job that fetches new mail from several mail servers every 20 minutes. The mail is automatically sorted into Maildir mailboxes in a hierarchy under ~/Mail.
I want to be notified in the ...
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Zsh: enable extended_glob inline in a filename generation glob
In zsh, how can I enable extended_glob inline in a filename generation glob?
Say I want to run ls on all paths not named a, which can be done via:
setopt -o extendedglob
ls ^a
But is there any way to ...
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'ls *(/)' shows nothing if there is only one empty directory
I have a directory ~/test with two empty directories there: emptydir and emptydir2.
ls ~/test/*(/) shows them both:
~/test/emptydir:
~/test/emptydir2:
But if there is only one empty directory there, ...
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cd 'old' 'new' with multiple "whole directory-name" substitutions
To move from ~/aaa/foo/bbb to ~/aaa/bar/bbb, one can use cd foo bar
and from ~/foobar/foo/www to ~/foobar/bar/www: cd "/foo/" "/bar/"
But how is it possbile, using the same ...
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Use Zsh process substitution in place of mktemp
If you have Pandoc installed, the following script will retrieve its HTML template, write it into a temporary file, make some adjustments, and then pass this file as a parameter:
template=$(mktemp ...
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Key sequences for command/ctrl + backspace
I am trying to create a keybinding for CMD (on Mac)/CTRL (on Linux) + Backspace to delete everything before the cursor. I cannot for the life of me figure out what key sequence I should use. I am ...
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How to edit a JSON file using shell?
I am building a shell script that uses a JSON file.
{
"property1": true,
"list": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "APP1"
},
{
&...
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To move files only; To copy folders only
Tested in Bash and Zsh:
copy nondot files | cp ~/dir1/* ~/dir2/
copy dot files | cp ~/dir1/.* ~/dir2/
copy both nondot and dot files | cp ~/dir1/{.,}* ~/dir2/
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Copy dot files only
In Zsh, to copy regular files only, I use
cp -a -- ~/dir1/* ~/dir2/
And to include dot files, I will add the D glob qualifier:
cp -a -- ~/dir1/*(D) ~/dir2/
But is there a glob qualifier to copy dot ...
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Autocomplection with description in zsh
General overview
This question complete this other one.
I try to set an autocomplete for --test parameter who should suggest a list of possible values (Here “foo” and “bar”). Until theire, it pretty ...
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Why do backgrounded commands in Zsh functions not show correctly in jobs?
In Bash 5.2, the output of jobs after either of the following is identical modulo job numbers:
sleep 3
# press C-z
s() { sleep 3; }
s
# press C-z
In both, jobs produces something like
[1]+ Stopped ...
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ZSH + VIM + CTRL-Z => prompt blocking
I open a vim instance in zsh. Afterwards I move it to the background with ctrl-z then again I return to it using ctrl-z again and then I close it using :q my prompt is blocked and I first have to ...
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Duplicate text on console with SSH
When I SSH into my kali machine from Fedora and try to run a command and press TAB to autocomplete it as below...
Then the moment I press TAB it does this:
Notice that first sudo? It somehow just ...
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"history" command ordered by most common
Can I get the output of history sorted in order of most-used?
I know how to do it in a programming language, but not from the shell. In my case I'm on macOS with zsh.
I know I could use uniq and sort ...
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omz reload in zsh widget
I am using zsh+oh-my-zsh and I am using the following code to change .zshrc using a hotkey and I am trying to reload omz after the change:
function f() {
# ... update .zshrc here ...
omz reload
}
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key bindings table?
Do we have a key bindings table that translates all the various ways of referring to a key press? I'm using zsh, but I presume that if there was such a table it would work for any shell.
The reason I ...
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zsh autocompletion for parametre value
General overview
Here is my auto complexion file:
_triumphum_complete() {
_arguments \
'(- 1 *)'{-h,--help}'[show help options]' \
'(- 1 *)--tui[Run the game selection interface]' \
'(- 1 *)'{-r,...
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Ctrl + left/right arrow keys issue
After the last system update the ctrl + left/right arrow command on zsh terminal doesn't do anything. Also ctrl+ u has something wrong because usually that command erase from the cursor to the ...
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ZSH (O-M-Z + powerlevel9k) + glyphs + console only (Ubuntu server edition): How to get all 3 working?
So I have installed ZSH + oh-my-zsh + powerlevel9k on my Ubuntu server edition.
While it's working including the colors (I used darkorange background to display current user), I cannot get the glyphs ...
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