Questions tagged [zsh]
zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were added.
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Why isn't my zsh ls colorful?
Spin up a new 16.04 server instance, install zsh, chsh to zsh, create the default .zshrc, log back in, ls output is not in colors. The .zshrc does seem to have all the proper dircolors and LS_COLORS ...
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Command `ip a show` in `zsh` not working
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 distro in which I use zsh as default shell instead of bash.
Since I like the Kali Linux zsh setup, I copied the .zshrc config file to the Ubuntu machine and my shell seems to ...
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ZSH removed, cannot relogin
So I have install zsh and I didnt like it.
so I did apt-get remove zsh
From that point I cannot relogin, i click my user.. and then it just go back to the login screen. I can only login with the ...
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zsh man page documentation missing in packages?
I have a newly installed xubuntu 13.10 x64. I decided to install zsh via synaptic and make it my default shell. The installed zsh's version is: zsh 5.0.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu).
The installed zsh ...
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zsh true color disabled on WSL2?
Using Various Terminals for Win10 with WSL2 ubuntu 20.04 with Powerline10k.
Tested color output with python module rich.
As Powershell clearly shows, Windows Terminal can output True-color.
But weird ...
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Odd behavior adding to $PATH - ZSH
ZSH 5.8
Everywhere I've seen, the method I keep seeing for adding a directory to my ZSH $PATH has been adding to my .zshrc export PATH=/what/i/add:$PATH and while this did add what I wanted to my path,...
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chsh: PAM: Permission denied
I've seen the other threads on this, but nothing as specific and explicit as mine.
I'm trying change my Shell from standard Bash to ZSH.
Using chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh gets me the following error: chsh: ...
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Whenever I open terminal , My terminal is running some process but why?
I am new to ubuntu . I have never used any linux based OS before .I am using zsh shell . I was setting up a development of a open source project on my machine for open source contribution . I followed ...
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How i can change my splash screen with zsh terminal?
Guys I install a bad splash screen and my KDE desktop is broke and not loud bet I have access to my terminal so I want to change my splash screen by terminal maybe my problem is fixed
I use Kubuntu 20....
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Issues with using oh-my-zsh on WSL Bash (on Windows using Ubuntu)
I am having issues running executables such as terraform, docker, pip, and sam. Whenever I run in the command line I receive an error for each of these executables: "Command not found". However, if ...
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Nautilus opens the home directory only, then proceeds to hang, and make the zsh terminal unresponsive to commands
I've been having this issue with nautilus, where when i open the terminal and I'm on the home directory, and i run nautilus. I noticed that no matter what directory i was in, it always opened the home ...
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autojump bug - /usr/bin/env: ‘python333333’: No such file or directory
While running cd, i always get a message like this, and i observed the number of 3's keep increasing as i close the terminal and reopen it.
I tried uninstalling autojump and installing it again, and ...
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Prevent new terminal from being opened in the same directory
I have installed the following on Ubuntu 20.10
zsh
Oh my zsh
terminator
When I open a new tab or split window in the terminator, I find that the current working directory is copied from the previous ...
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Why does the following zsh command change my output? [closed]
When I execute this command
port=3128
echo $port:localhost
I get 3128ocalhost as output.
PS:
When I change the first 'l' char it works fine.
I can't even google it.
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Terminal multiple countdown timer app for Bash / Zsh
I'm looking for an app to organize my daily tasks in different countdown timers similar to the one found at www.timeanddate.com/timer/
Features I'm looking for would be:
runs in terminal bash or zsh
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How can I iterate over shell function completions and alias completions before external command completions in zsh?
As it stands when I hit TAB to iterate over possible completions for a partial command external command completions are iterated first:
user@user-X550CL ~ % apt
Completing external command
apt ...
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Possible side effects of changing shell from zsh to bash
My web server was tampered by someone who was using zsh shell. I feel more comfortable using bash shell, as that's the defaults that come with Ubuntu and OS X (the two main operating systems I use). ...
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ZSH isn't following powerlevel9k theme
I installed the powerlevel9k theme 3 days ago. It was working just fine, but since yesterday my prompt is not displaying the theme. It looks like this.
What can I do to fix this issue?
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How to make zsh in byobu to be a login shell?
Long story short, I have a zsh setup, and I am using gnome terminal. I recently installed Byobu and enabled it.
Now when I start a new terminal and Byobu comes up, my shell is not a login shell.
I ...
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How to reset PYTHONPATH to earlier value
I had been tinkering with PYTHONPATH for some work and wrote the following in my .zshrc file:
export PYTHONPATH="someDirectories:aFewMoreDirectories"
I then sourced the .zshrc file and then ...
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adding alias to .zshrc "bad assignment" [duplicate]
I am trying to create an alias for this docker command:
docker ps -a --format="table {{ .Names }} \t {{ .Image }} \t {{ .Status }} \t {{ .Ports }}"
I'm using zsh so I added this to my .zshrc ...
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Unable to source zshrc during a terminal emulator's startup
Installed Tilix terminal emulator on Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine and configured a json theme to my liking named theme.json.
I have added the same environment variables and aliases both in the .bashrc ...
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I Can't Change my Default Interactive Shell from bash to zsh
Basically I want to change from bash to zsh so I ran the command
chsh -s /bin/zsh
It then asks me for my password to change the shell but when I enter it it says
chsh: no changes made
How do I ...
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How can I add ZSH themes
I recently installed zsh and I tried installing some themes, but they didn't seem to work.
This is how the .zshrc looks like:
# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=...
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Ctrl-C interrupts process, but doesn't clear terminal line
When I press Ctrl-C, I receive interrupts for running processes (e.g., sleep 10, followed by Ctrl-C, will immediately terminate the running process). However, it doesn't clear the terminal line - in ...
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Customizing Ubuntu to look like mac
You should see my setup first.
I customized Gnome to look like mac
I even changed the name to macOS catalina but I don't know how to change the
Host> HP Slim Desktop 290-p0xxx
and that tiny ...
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ZSH wont install on fresh ubuntu 20.04 (rpi4) [duplicate]
I've just installed 20.04 on my new rpi4 8gb and I'm trying to install ZSH. It should be in the main repo and should be installed with sudo apt install zsh. Unfortunently it throws an error: E: Unable ...
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ZSH on Ubuntu - many applications missing from Start Menu
Many applications are missing from start menu after installing ZSH as instructed here.
How do I restore the applications to start menu, while also keeping ZSH?
Operating System: Kubuntu 20.04
KDE ...
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command-not-found does not complain about unknown commands in zsh
I installed the command-not-found package and am loading it in my .zshrc like so:
source /etc/zsh_command_not_found
While I now get suggestions for commands that are not found but can be obtained by ...
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oh-my-zsh theme doesn't apply completely
I install oh-my-zsh follow the instructions on github-wiki. But something is not right. My terminal still has ui and background color of old ubuntu terminal.
Terminal
My .zshrc config:
# If you come ...
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chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh not working
I'm trying to permanently change my shell to zsh using chsh command, but it's not working.
zsh is installed (via apt) and works fine when I invoke it directly from a bash prompt terminal. But I ...
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Why is my terminal prompt showing as a very long command that I ran last night?
I downloaded a large number of free data science books yesterday via a command (here, for those of you who are interested) and as of this evening, around 15 minutes ago, my terminal is now showing the ...
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deleted .zshrc file and messed up few things
Oh-My-Zsh was working fine. I was editing .zshrc file and somethings messed up. Following this post I tried to reset my zsh. I deleted everything related to zsh.
ran:
sudo apt-get purge zsh and ...
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Command name printed after executing
After running any command, the first thing to print is the name of the command itself.
Example:
~ > echo "test"
echotest
~ > cd Downloads
cd%
~/Downloads >
Interestingly, opening tmux ...
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zsh: read:-p: no coprocess error while using read command with -p flag
community. I recently started to use zsh instead of bash and now i'm getting some problems that cannot be found on bash.
One of theme: when i use read -p command, obviously with flag -p, i get an ...
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Create alias with oh my zsh
Bit confused here, within the ~/.zshrc file I have specified the following:
# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, ...
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How to have a Universal autosuggestion for any code entered once in any zsh terminal
Suppose I type a set of commands in a particular pane of Tmux. The autosuggestion feature of Tmux recognizes and helps in that pane (terminal).
Let me say I started a new pane. The autosuggestion ...
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Xubuntu 19.10 with ZSH hangs after login in tty
I have oh-my-zsh installed on my Xubuntu 19.10. Sometimes, as (X)ubuntu usually does, it freezes together with the whole X server.
Therefore I wanted to switch to tty1. Once I provided my credentials, ...
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Create files with exact name as in a given directory
Say there is a directory foo where there are files:
$ ls
001.mp4
002.mp4
While being in another directory bar I'd like to have the same files as in bar but empty. What have I tried so far:
When in ...
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Change duplicated extension of multiple files recursively from the command line
My question is almost the same as those, however, its solution doesn't work my for my case.
I'd like to remove duplicated extension (in my case .zip.zip) and have only one (i.e. .zip).
I tried:
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ZSH do not remeber github id
I recently switched to zsh and oh my zsh and now every time i want to push in my github account, I have to give my username and password. It is not remembering it. Bash still remembers it. How to ...
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Progressively resizing a pane, by keeping an arrow button pressed
When pressing CTRL + B, ← (or another arrow key) I am able to resize the current pane of one step only.
I was expecting to be able to resize the pane progressively by keeping the prefix and arrow ...
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Switching to ZSH Bricked My Mac Mini
I'm running Unbutu 18.04 on a Mac Mini with a single boot (i.e., no MacOS image). I wanted to switch to the zsh shell. I ran the command:
sudo apt-get install zsh
I then ran:
zsh --version
and ...
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18.04 won't load ohMyZsh.sh source every time
I installed zsh and ohMyZsh on my system ubuntu desktop 18.04. Although xsh is the default shell, I always have to run the command source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh to load the theme.
How can I set up my ...
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ZSH /etc/zsh/zshrc - function definition file not found
I installed zsh and oh-my-zsh across multiple users, and I saw a post about symlinking /root/.zshrc and /root/.oh-my-zsh with $HOME path variable so all users would have the same config files.
ln -s $...
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Have previously set zsh as default, then uninstalled it, I now cannot use the bash in Visual Studio
terminal.integrated.shell.linux had "usr/bin/zsh" value. But as i have uninstalled it terminal didnt open
Then i changed some values
For, terminal.integrated.shell.linux, "bash"
For, terminal....
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ZSH Alias with Multiple Commands giving "command not found"
I am using this series of commands to build and run a docker container.
The commands work when combined with && and give output like this:
> docker stop $(docker ps -a -q --filter ...
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How to fix "zsh compinit: insecure directories"?
When I run fakeroot in zsh it always gives me this warning:
zsh compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list.
Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]?
I can ...
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Why is my alias not working in Zsh?
I have added my alias to ~/.aliases file and the file right now is like this:
alias gss="git status"
alias gl="git log"
alias pa="php artisan"
alias reload=". ~/.zshrc && echo 'ZSH config ...
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source $HOME/.bashrc conflicts with zsh?
When I do source $HOME/.bashrc, it results in the following:
As you can see, it jumbles up the text where the path of the current directory would be. I am calling this because I am trying to change ...
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