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NAME
zshall - the Z shell meta-man page
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an
interactive login shell and as a shell script command pro-
cessor. Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles
ksh but includes many enhancements. Zsh has comand line
editing, builtin spelling correction, programmable command
completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history
mechanism, and a host of other features.
This manual page includes all the separate manual pages in
the following order: zshmisc (general information), zshexpn
(command and parameter expansion), zshbuiltins (built-in
functions), zshcompctl (completion control via the compctl
built-in), zshparam (shell parameters), zshzle (command line
editing) and zshoptions (shell options).
NAME
zshmisc - Everything and then some
SYNOPSIS
Everything I haven't put somewhere else
SHELL GRAMMAR
A simple command is a sequence of optional parameter assign-
ments followed by blank-separated words, with optional
redirections interspersed. The first word is the command to
be executed, and the remaining words, if any, are arguments
to the command. If a command name is given, the parameter
assignments modify the environment of the command when it is
executed. The value of a simple command is its exit status,
or 128 plus the signal number if terminated by a signal.
A pipeline is a sequence of one or more commands separated
by | or |&. |& is shorthand for 2>&1 |. The standard out-
put of each command is connected to the standard input of
the next command in the pipeline. If a pipeline is preceded
by coproc, it is executed as a coprocess; a two-way pipe is
established between it and the parent shell. The shell can
read from or write to the coprocess by means of the >&p and
<&p redirection operators. The value of a pipeline is the
value of the last command. If a pipeline is preceded by a
!, the value of that pipeline is the logical NOT of the
value of the last command.
A sublist is a sequence of one or more pipelines separated
by && or ||. If two pipelines are separated by &&, the
second pipeline is executed only if the first is successful
(returns a zero value). If two pipelines are separated by
||, the second is executed only if the first is unsuccessful
(returns a nonzero value). Both operators have equal pre-
cedence and are left associative.
A list is a sequence of zero or more sublists separated by,
and optionally terminated by, ;, &, &|, &! or a newline.
Normally the shell waits for each list to finish before exe-
cuting the next one. If a list is terminated by &, &| or
&!, the shell executes it in the background, and does not
wait for it to finish.
PRECOMMAND MODIFIERS
A simple command may be preceded by a precommand modifier
which will alter how the command is interpreted. These
modifiers are shell builtin commands with the exception of
nocorrect which is a reserved word.
- The command is executed with a - prepended to its
argv[0] string.
noglob
Filename generation (globbing) is not performed on any
of the words.
nocorrect
Spelling correction is not done on any of the words.
exec The command is executed in the parent shell without
forking.
command
The command word is taken to be the name of an external
command, rather than a shell function or builtin.
COMPLEX COMMANDS
A complex command in zsh is one of the following:
if list then list [ elif list then list ] ... [ else list ] fi
The if list is executed, and, if it returns a zero exit
status, the then list is executed. Otherwise, the elif
list is executed and, if its value is zero, the then
list is executed. If each elif list returns nonzero,
the else list is executed.
for name [ in word ... term ] do list done
where term is one ore more newline or ;. Expand the
list of words, and set the parameter name to each of
them in turn, executing list each time. If the in word
is omitted, use the positional parameters instead of
the words.
while list do list done
Execute the do list as long as the while list returns a
zero exit status.
until list do list done
Execute the do list as long as until list returns a
nonzero exit status.
repeat word do list done
word is expanded and treated as an arithmetic expres-
sion, which must evaluate to a number n. list is then
executed n times.
case word in [ [(] pattern [ | pattern ] ... ) list ;; ] ... esac
Execute the list associated with the first pattern that
matches word, if any. The form of the patterns is the
same as that used for filename generation. See
Filename Generation below.
select name [ in word ... term ] do list done
where term is one ore more newline or ;. Print the set
of words, each preceded by a number. If the in word is
omitted, use the positional parameters. The PROMPT3
prompt is printed and a line is read from standard
input. If this line consists of the number of one of
the listed words, then the parameter name is set to the
word corresponding to this number. If this line is
empty, the selection list is printed again. Otherwise,
the value of the parameter name is set to null. The
contents of the line read from standard input is saved
in the parameter REPLY. list is executed for each
selection until a break or end-of-file is encountered.
( list )
Execute list in a subshell. Traps set by the trap
builtin are reset to their default values while execut-
ing list.
{ list }
Execute list.
function word ... [ () ] [ term ] { list }
word ... () [ term ] { list }
word ... () [ term ] command
where term is one or more newline or ;. Define a func-
tion which is referenced by any one of word. Normally,
only one word is provided; multiple words are usually
only useful for setting traps. The body of the func-
tion is the list between the { and }. See FUNCTIONS
below.
If the option SH_GLOB is set for compatibility with
other shells, then whitespace may appear between
between the left and right parentheses when there is a
single word; otherwise, the parentheses will be treated
as forming a globbing pattern in that case.
time [ pipeline ]
The pipeline is executed, and timing statistics are
reported on the standard error in the form specified by
the TIMEFMT parameter. If pipeline is omitted, print
statistics about the shell process and its children.
[[ exp ]]
Evaluates the conditional expression exp and return a
zero exit status if it is true. See Conditional
Expressions below for a description of exp.
ALTERNATE FORMS FOR COMPLEX COMMANDS
Many of zsh's complex commands have alternate forms. These
particular versions of complex commands should be considered
deprecated and may be removed in the future. The versions
in the previous section should be preferred instead. The
short versions below only work if sublist is of the form {
list } or if the NO_SHORT_LOOPS option is not set.
if list { list } [ elif list { list } ] ... [ else { list } ]
An alternate form of if.
if list sublist
A short form of previous one.
for name ( word ... ) sublist
A short form of for.
for name [ in word ... term ] sublist
where term is one ore more newline or ;. Another short
form of for.
foreach name ( word ... ) list end
Another form of for.
while list { list }
An alternative form of while.
until list { list }
An alternative form of until.
repeat word sublist
This is a short form of repeat.
case word { [ [(] pattern [ | pattern ] ... ) list ;; ] ... }
An alternative form of case.
select name [ in word term ] sublist
where term is one ore more newline or ;. A short form
of select.
RESERVED WORDS
The following words are recognized as reserved words when
used as the first word of a command unless quoted or dis-
abled using disable -r:
do done esac then elif else fi for case if while func-
tion repeat time until select coproc nocorrect foreach
end ! [[ { }
Additionally } is recognized in any position if the
IGNORE_BRACES option is not set.
COMMENTS
In noninteractive shells, or in interactive shells with the
INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS option set, a word beginning with the
third character of the histchars parameter (`#' by default)
causes that word and all the following characters up to a
newline to be ignored.
ALIASING
Every token in the shell input is checked to see if there is
an alias defined for it. If so, it is replaced by the text
of the alias if it is in command position (if it could be
the first word of a simple command), or if the alias is glo-
bal. If the text ends with a space, the next word in the
shell input is treated as though it were in command position
for purposes of alias expansion. An alias is defined using
the alias builtin; global aliases may be defined using the
-g option to that builtin.
Alias substitution is done on the shell input before any
other substitution except history substitution. Therefore,
if an alias is defined for the word foo, alias substitution
may be avoided by quoting part of the word, e.g. \foo. But
there is nothing to prevent an alias being defined for \foo
as well.
QUOTING
A character may be quoted (that is, made to stand for
itself) by preceding it with a \. \ followed by a newline
is ignored. All characters enclosed between a pair of sin-
gle quotes ('') are quoted. A single quote cannot appear
within single quotes. Inside double quotes (""), parameter
and command substitution occurs, and \ quotes the characters
\, `, ", and $.
REDIRECTION
Before a command is executed, its input and output may be
redirected. The following may appear anywhere in a simple
command or may precede or follow a complex command. Substi-
tution occurs before word or digit is used except as noted
below. If the result of substitution on word produces more
than one filename, redirection occurs for each separate
filename in turn.
<word
Open file word as standard input.
<>word
Open file word for reading and writing as standard
input. If the file does not exist then it is created.
>word
Open file word as standard output. If the file does
not exist then it is created. If the file exists, and
the CLOBBER option is unset, this causes an error; oth-
erwise, it is truncated to zero length.
>| word
>! word
Same as >, except that the file is truncated to zero
length if it exists, even if CLOBBER is unset.
>>word
Open file word as standard output. If the file exists
then output is appended to it. If the file does not
exist, and the CLOBBER option is unset, this causes an
error; otherwise, the file is created.
>>| word
>>! word
Same as >>, except that the file is created if it does
not exist, even if CLOBBER is unset.
<<[-] word
The shell input is read up to a line that is the same
as word, or to an end-of-file. No parameter substitu-
tion, command substitution or filename generation is
performed on word. The resulting document, called a
here-document, becomes the standard input. If any
character of word is quoted with single or double
quotes or a \, no interpretation is placed upon the
characters of the document. Otherwise, parameter and
command substitution occurs, \ followed by a newline is
removed, and \ must be used to quote the characters \,
$, `, and the first character of word. If <<- is used,
then all leading tabs are stripped from word and from
the document.
<<<word
Perform shell expansion on word and pass the result to
standard input.
<&digit
The standard input is duplicated from file descriptor
digit (see dup(2)). Similarly for standard output
using >&digit.
>&word
Same as >word 2>&1.
>>&word
Same as >>word 2>&1.
<&- Close the standard input.
>&- Close the standard output.
<&p The input from the coprocess is moved to the standard
input.
>&p The output to the coprocess is moved to the standard
output.
If one of the above is preceded by a digit, then the file
descriptor referred to is that specified by the digit
(instead of the default 0 or 1). The order in which
redirections are specified is significant. The shell evalu-
ates each redirection in terms of the (file descriptor,
file) association at the time of evaluation. For example:
... 1>fname 2>&1
first associates file descriptor 1 with file fname. It then
associates file descriptor 2 with the file associated with
file descriptor 1 (that is, fname). If the order of
redirections were reversed, file descriptor 2 would be asso-
ciated with the terminal (assuming file descriptor 1 had
been) and then file descriptor 1 would be associated with
file fname.
If the user tries to open a file descriptor for writing more
than once, the shell opens the file descriptor as a pipe to
a process that copies its input to all the specified out-
puts, similar to tee(1), provided the MULTIOS option is set.
Thus:
date >foo >bar
writes the date to two files, named "foo" and "bar". Note
that a pipe is an implicit indirection; thus
date >foo | cat
writes the date to the file "foo", and also pipes it to cat.
If the MULTIOS option is set, the word after a redirection
operator is also subjected to filename generation (glob-
bing). Thus
: > *
will truncate all files in the current directory, assuming
there's at least one. (Without the MULTIOS option, it would
create an empty file called "*".)
If the user tries to open a file descriptor for reading more
than once, the shell opens the file descriptor as a pipe to
a process that copies all the specified inputs to its output
in the order specified, similar to cat(1), provided the MUL-
TIOS option is set. Thus
sort <foo <fubar
or even
sort <f{oo,ubar}
is equivalent to "cat foo fubar | sort". Similarly, you can
do
echo exit 0 >> *.sh
Note that a pipe is in implicit indirection; thus
cat bar | sort <foo
is equivalent to "cat bar foo | sort" (note the order of the
inputs).
If the MULTIOS option is unset, each redirection replaces
the previous redirection for that file descriptor. However,
all files redirected to are actually opened, so
echo foo > bar > baz
when MULTIOS is unset will truncate bar, and write "foo"
into baz.
If a simple command consists of one or more redirection
operators and zero or more parameter assignments, but no
command name, the command cat is assumed. Thus
< file
copies the contents of file to the standard output.
If a command is followed by & and job control is not active,
then the default standard input for the command is the empty
file /dev/null. Otherwise, the environment for the execu-
tion of a command contains the file descriptors of the
invoking shell as modified by input/output specifications.
COMMAND EXECUTION
If a command name contains no slashes, the shell attempts to
locate it. If there exists a shell function by that name,
the function is invoked as described below in FUNCTIONS. If
there exists a shell builtin by that name, the builtin is
invoked.
Otherwise, the shell searches each element of path for a
directory containing an executable file by that name. If
the search is unsuccessful, the shell prints an error mes-
sage and returns a nonzero exit status.
If execution fails because the file is not in executable
format, and the file is not a directory, it is assumed to be
a shell script. /bin/sh is spawned to execute it. If the
program is a file beginning with #!, the remainder of the
first line specifies an interpreter for the program. The
shell will execute the specified interpreter on operating
systems that do not handle this executable format in the
kernel.
FUNCTIONS
Shell functions are defined with the function reserved word
or the special syntax "funcname()". The function reserved
word is used to define shell functions. Shell functions are
read in and stored internally. Alias names are resolved
when the function is read. Functions are executed like com-
mands with the arguments passed as positional parameters.
(See Execution below).
Functions execute in the same process as the caller and
share all files and present working directory with the
caller. A trap on EXIT set inside a function is executed
after the function completes in the environment of the
caller.
The return builtin is used to return from function calls.
Function identifiers can be listed with the functions buil-
tin. Functions can be undefined with the unfunction buil-
tin.
The following functions, if defined, have special meaning to
the shell:
chpwd
Executed whenever the current working directory is
changed.
precmd
Executed before each prompt.
preexec
Executed just after a command has been read and is
about to be executed. If the history mechanism is
active, the string to be executed is passed as an argu-
ment.
periodic
If the parameter PERIOD is set, this function is exe-
cuted every PERIOD seconds, just before a prompt.
TRAPxxx
If defined and non-null, this function will be executed
whenever the shell catches a signal SIGxxx, where xxx
is a signal name as specified for the kill builtin (see
below). The signal number will be passed as the first
parameter to the function. In addition, TRAPZERR is
executed whenever a command has a non-zero exit status,
TRAPDEBUG is executed after each command, and TRAPEXIT
is executed when the shell exits, or when the current
function exits if defined inside a function. If a
function of this form is defined and null, the shell
and processes spawned by it will ignore SIGxxx.
JOBS
If the MONITOR option is set, an interactive shell associ-
ates a job with each pipeline. It keeps a table of current
jobs, printed by the jobs command, and assigns them small
integer numbers. When a job is started asynchronously with
&, the shell prints a line which looks like:
[1] 1234
indicating that the job which was started asynchronously was
job number 1 and had one (top-level) process, whose process
id was 1234.
If a job is started with &| or &!, then that job is immedi-
ately disowned. After startup, it does not have a place in
the job table, and is not subject to the job control
features described here.
If you are running a job and wish to do something else you
may hit the key ^Z (control-Z) which sends a TSTP signal to
the current job. The shell will then normally indicate that
the job has been `suspended', and print another prompt. You
can then manipulate the state of this job, putting it in the
background with the bg command, or run some other commands
and then eventually bring the job back into the foreground
with the foreground command fg. A ^Z takes effect immedi-
ately and is like an interrupt in that pending output and
unread input are discarded when it is typed.
A job being run in the background will suspend if it tries
to read from the terminal. Background jobs are normally
allowed to produce output, but this can be disabled by giv-
ing the command ``stty tostop''. If you set this tty
option, then background jobs will suspend when they try to
produce output like they do when they try to read input.
There are several ways to refer to jobs in the shell. A job
can be referred to by the process id of any process of the
job or by one of the following:
%number
The job with the given number.
%string
Any job whose command line begins with string.
%?string
Any job whose command line contains string.
%% Current job.
%+ Equivalent to %%.
%- Previous job.
The shell learns immediately whenever a process changes
state. It normally informs you whenever a job becomes
blocked so that no further progress is possible. If notify
is not set, it waits until just before it prints a prompt
before it informs you.
When the monitor mode is on, each background job that com-
pletes triggers any trap set for CHLD.
When you try to leave the shell while jobs are running or
suspended, you will be warned that `You have suspended (run-
ning) jobs.' You may use the jobs command to see what they
are. If you do this or immediately try to exit again, the
shell will not warn you a second time; the suspended jobs
will be terminated, and the running jobs will be sent a
SIGHUP signal. To avoid having the shell terminate the run-
ning jobs, either use the nohup(1) command or the disown
builtin (see below).
SIGNALS
The INT and QUIT signals for an invoked command are ignored
if the command is followed by & and the job MONITOR option
is not active. Otherwise, signals have the values inherited
by the shell from its parent (but see the TRAPxxx special
function above).
ARITHMETIC EVALUATION
An ability to perform integer arithmetic is provided with
the builtin let. Evaluations are performed using long
arithmetic. A leading 0x or 0X denotes hexadecimal. Other-
wise, numbers are of the form [base#]n where base is a
decimal number between two and thirty-six representing the
arithmetic base and n is a number in that base (for example,
`16#ff' is 255 in hexadecimal). If base is omitted then
base 10 is used. For backwards compatibility the form
`[16]ff' is also accepted.
An arithmetic expression uses nearly the same syntax, pre-
cedence, and associativity of expressions in C. The follow-
ing operators are supported (listed in decreasing order of
precedence):
+ - ! ~ ++ --
unary plus/minus, logical NOT, complement,
{pre,post}{in,de}crement
<< >>
bitwise shift left, right
& bitwise AND
^ bitwise XOR
| bitwise OR
** exponentiation
* / %
multiplication, division, modulus (remainder)
+ - addition, subtraction
< > <= >=
comparison
== !=
equality and inequality
&& logical AND
|| ^^
logical OR, XOR
? : ternary operator
= += -= *= /= %= &= ^= |= <<= >>= &&= ||= ^^= **=
assignment
, comma operator
The operators &&, ||, &&=, and ||= are short-circuiting, and
only one of the latter two expressions in a ternary operator
is evaluated. Note the precedence of the bitwise AND, OR,
and XOR operators.
An expression of the form #\x where x is any character gives
the ascii value of this character and an expression of the
form #foo gives the ascii value of the first character of
the value of the parameter foo.
Named parameters and subscripted arrays can be referenced by
name within an arithmetic expression without using the
parameter substitution syntax.
An internal integer representation of a named parameter can
be specified with the integer builtin. Arithmetic evalua-
tion is performed on the value of each assignment to a named
parameter declared integer in this manner.
Since many of the arithmetic operators require quoting, an
alternative form of the let command is provided. For any
command which begins with a ((, all the characters until a
matching )) are treated as a quoted expression. More pre-
cisely, ((...)) is equivalent to let "...".
CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS
A conditional expression is used with the [[ compound com-
mand to test attributes of files and to compare strings.
Each expression can be constructed from one or more of the
following unary or binary expressions:
-a file
true if file exists.
-b file
true if file exists and is a block special file.
-c file
true if file exists and is a character special file.
-d file
true if file exists and is a directory.
-e file
true if file exists.
-f file
true if file exists and is an ordinary file.
-g file
true if file exists and has its setgid bit set.
-h file
true if file exists and is a symbolic link.
-k file
true if file exists and has its sticky bit set.
-n string
true if length of string is non-zero.
-o option
true if option named option is on. option may be a
single character, in which case it is a single letter
option name. (See the SPECIFYING OPTIONS section of
the zshoptions(1) man page.)
-p file
true if file exists and is a fifo special file or a
pipe.
-r file
true if file exists and is readable by current process.
-s file
true if file exists and has size greater than zero.
-t fd
true if file descriptor number fd is open and associ-
ated with a terminal device. (note: fd is not
optional)
-u file
true if file exists and has its setuid bit set.
-w file
true if file exists and is writable by current process.
-x file
true if file exists and is executable by current pro-
cess. If file exists and is a directory, then the
current process has permission to search in the direc-
tory.
-z string
true if length of string is zero.
-L file
true if file exists and is a symbolic link.
-O file
true if file exists and is owned by the effective user
id of this process.
-G file
true if file exists and its group matches the effective
group id of this process.
-S file
true if file exists and is a socket.
-N file
true if file exists and its access time is not newer
than its modification time.
file1 -nt file2
true if file1 exists and is newer than file2.
file1 -ot file2
true if file1 exists and is older than file2.
file1 -ef file2
true if file1 and file2 exist and refer to the same
file.
string == pattern
string = pattern
true if string matches pattern. The first form is the
preferred one. The other form is for backward compati-
bility and should be considered obsolete.
string != pattern
true if string does not match pattern.
string1 < string2
true if string1 comes before string2 based on ASCII
value of their characters.
string1 > string2
true if string1 comes after string2 based on ASCII
value of their characters.
exp1 -eq exp2
true if exp1 is equal to exp2.
exp1 -ne exp2
true if exp1 is not equal to exp2.
exp1 -lt exp2
true if exp1 is less than exp2.
exp1 -gt exp2
true if exp1 is greater than exp2.
exp1 -le exp2
true if exp1 is less than or equal to exp2.
exp1 -ge exp2
true if exp1 is greater than or equal to exp2.
( exp )
true if exp is true.
! exp
true if exp is false.
exp1 && exp2
true if exp1 and exp2 are both true.
exp1 || exp2
true if either exp1 or exp2 is true.
In each of the above expressions, if file is of the form
/dev/fd/n, where n is an integer, then the test applied to
the open file whose descriptor number is n, even if the
underlying system does not support the /dev/fd directory.
COMPATIBILITY
Zsh tries to emulate sh or ksh when it is invoked as sh or
ksh respectively. In this mode the following parameters are
not special and not initialized by the shell: ARGC, argv,
cdpath, fignore, fpath, HISTCHARS, mailpath, MANPATH,
manpath, path, prompt, PROMPT, PROMPT2, PROMPT3, PROMPT4,
psvar, status, watch.
The usual zsh starup/shutdown scripts are not executed.
Login shells source /etc/profile followed by $HOME/.profile.
If the ENV environment variable is set on invocation, $ENV
is sourced after the profile scripts. The value of ENV is
subjected to parameter expansion, command substitution, and
arithmetic expansion before being interpreted as a pathname.
Note that the PRIVILEGED option also affects the execution
of startup files. See zshoptions(1) for more details.
The following options are set if the shell is invoked as sh
or ksh: NO_BAD_PATTERN, NO_BANG_HIST, NO_BG_NICE,
NO_EQUALS, NO_FUNCTION_ARGZERO, GLOB_SUBST, NO_HUP,
INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS, KSH_ARRAYS, NO_MULTIOS, NO_NOMATCH,
RM_STAR_SILENT, POSIX_BUILTINS, SH_FILE_EXPANSION, SH_GLOB,
SH_OPTION_LETTERS, SH_WORD_SPLIT. Additionally the BSD_ECHO
and the IGNORE_BRACES options are set if zsh is invoked as
sh and the KSH_OPTION_PRINT, LOCAL_OPTIONS, PROMPT_SUBST and
SINGLE_LINE_ZLE options are set if zsh is invoked as ksh.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshexpn - zsh command and parameter expansion
DESCRIPTION
The types of expansions performed are history expansion,
alias expansion, process substitution, parameter expansion,
command substitution, arithmetic expansion, brace expansion,
filename expansion, and filename generation.
Exansion is done in the above specified order in five steps.
The first is History expansion which is only performed in
interactive shells. The next step is alias expansion which
is done right before the command line is parsed. They are
followed by process substitution, parameter expansion, com-
mand substitution, arithmetic expansion and brace expansion
which are preformed in one step in left-to-right fashion.
After these expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the
characters \, ', and " are removed and the result is sub-
jected to filename expansion followed by filename genera-
tion.
If the SH_FILE_EXPANSION option is set, the order of expan-
sion is modified for compatibility with sh and ksh.
Filename expansion is performed immediately after alias sub-
stitution, preceding the set of five substitutions mentioned
above.
FILENAME EXPANSION
Each word is checked to see if it begins with an unquoted ~.
If it does, then the word up to a /, or the end of the word
if there is no /, is checked to see if it can be substituted
in one of the ways described here. If so, then the ~ and
the checked portion are replaced with the appropriate sub-
stitute value.
A ~ by itself is replaced by the value of the HOME parame-
ter. A ~ followed by a + or a - is replaced by the value of
PWD or OLDPWD, respectively.
A ~ followed by a number is replaced by the directory at
that position in the directory stack. ~0 is equivalent to
~+, and ~1 is the top of the stack. ~+ followed by a number
is replaced by the directory at that position in the direc-
tory stack. ~+0 is equivalent to ~+, and ~+1 is the top of
the stack. ~- followed by a number is replaced by the
directory that many positions from the bottom of the stack.
~-0 is the bottom of the stack. The PUSHD_MINUS option
exchanges the effects of ~+ and ~- where they are followed
by a number.
A ~ followed by anything not already covered is looked up as
a named directory, and replaced by the value of that named
directory if found. Named directories are typically home
directories for users on the system. They may also be
defined if the text after the ~ is the name of a string
shell parameter whose value begins with a /. It is also
possible to define directory names using the `-d' option to
the hash builtin.
In certain circumstances (in prompts, for instance), when
the shell prints a path, the path is checked to see if it
has a named directory as its prefix. If so, then the prefix
portion is replaced with a ~ followed by the name of the
directory. The shortest way of referring to the directory
is used, with ties broken in favour of using a named direc-
tory, except when the directory is /.
If a word begins with an unquoted = and the EQUALS option is
set, the remainder of the word is taken as the name of a
command or alias. If a command exists by that name, the
word is replaced by the full pathname of the command. If an
alias exists by that name, the word is replaced with the
text of the alias.
Filename expansion is performed on the right hand side of a
parameter assignment, including those appearing after com-
mands of the typeset family. In this case, the right hand
side will be treated as a colon-separated list in the manner
of PATH so that a ~ or an = following a : is eligible for
expansion. All such behavior can be disabled by quoting the
~, the =, or the whole expression (but not simply the
colon); the EQUALS option is also respected.
If the option MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST is set, any unquoted shell
argument in the form identifier=expression becomes eligible
for file expansion as described in the previous paragraph.
Quoting the first = also inhibits this.
PROCESS SUBSTITUTION
Each command argument of the form <(list) or >(list) or
=(list) is subject to process substitution. In the case of
the < or > forms, the shell will run process list asynchro-
nously connected to a named pipe (FIFO). The name of this
pipe will become the argument to the command. If the form
with > is selected then writing on this file will provide
input for list. If < is used, then the file passed as an
argument will be a named pipe connected to the output of the
list process. For example,
paste <(cut -f1 file1) <(cut -f3 file2) | tee >(pro-
cess1) >(process2) >/dev/null
cuts fields 1 and 3 from the files file1 and file2 respec-
tively, pastes the results together, and sends it to the
processes process1 and process2. Note that the file, which
is passed as an argument to the command, is a system pipe so
programs that expect to lseek(2) on the file will not work.
Also note that the previous example can be more compactly
and efficiently written as:
paste <(cut -f1 file1) <(cut -f3 file2) > >(process1) >
>(process2)
The shell uses pipes instead of FIFOs to implement the
latter two process substitutions in the above example.
If = is used, then the file passed as an argument will be
the name of a temporary file containing the output of the
list process. This may be used instead of the < form for a
program that expects to lseek(2) on the input file.
PARAMETER EXPANSION
The character $ is used to introduce parameter expansions.
See PARAMETERS below for a description of parameters. In
the expansions discussed below that require a pattern, the
form of the pattern is the same as that used for filename
generation; see Filename Generation.
${name}
The value, if any, of the parameter name is sub-
stituted. The braces are required if name is fol-
lowed by a letter, digit, or underscore that is
not to be interpreted as part of its name. If
name is an array parameter, then the values of
each element of name is substituted, one element
per word. Otherwise, the expansion results in one
word only; no field splitting is done on the
result unless the SH_WORD_SPLIT option is set.
${+name}
If name is the name of a set parameter `1' is sub-
stituted, otherwise `0' is substituted.
${name:-word}
If name is set and is non-null then substitute its
value; otherwise substitute word. If name is miss-
ing, substitute word.
${name:=word}
If name is unset or is null then set it to word;
the value of the parameter is then substituted.
${name::=word}
Set name to word; the value of the parameter is
then substituted.
${name:?word}
If name is set and is non-null, then substitute
its value; otherwise, print word and exit from the
shell. Interactive shells do not exit. If word
is omitted, then a standard message is printed.
${name:+word}
If name is set and is non-null then substitute
word; otherwise substitute nothing.
${name#pattern}
${name##pattern}
If the pattern matches the beginning of the value
of name, then substitute the value of name with
the matched portion deleted; otherwise, just sub-
stitute the value of name. In the first form, the
smallest matching pattern is preferred; in the
second form, the largest matching pattern is pre-
ferred. If name is an array and the substitution
is not quoted or the @ flag or the name[@] syntax
is used, matching is performed on each array ele-
ments separately.
${name%pattern}
${name%%pattern}
If the pattern matches the end of the value of
name, then substitute the value of name with the
matched portion deleted; otherwise, just substi-
tute the value of name. In the first form, the
smallest matching pattern is preferred; in the
second form, the largest matching pattern is pre-
ferred. If name is an array and the substitution
is not quoted or the @ flag or the name[@] syntax
is used, matching is performed on each array ele-
ments separately.
${name:#pattern}
If the pattern matches the value of name, then
substitute the empty string; otherwise, just sub-
stitute the value of name. If name is an array
and the substitution is not quoted or the @ flag
or the name[@] syntax is used, matching is per-
formed on each array elements separately, and the
matched array elements are removed (use the M flag
to remove the non-matched elements).
${#spec}
If spec is one of the above substitutions, substi-
tute the length in characters of the result
instead of the result itself. If spec is an array
expression, substitute the number of elements of
the result.
${^spec}
Turn on the RC_EXPAND_PARAM option for the evalua-
tion of spec; if the ^ is doubled, turn it off.
When this option is set, array expansions of the
form foo${xx}bar, where the parameter xx is set to
(a b c), are substituted with fooabar foobbar
foocbar instead of the default fooa b cbar.
${=spec}
Turn on the SH_WORD_SPLIT option for the evalua-
tion of spec; if the = is doubled, turn it off.
When this option is set, parameter values are
split into separate words using IFS as a delimiter
before substitution. This is done by default in
most other shells.
${~spec}
Turn on the GLOB_SUBST option for the evaluation
of spec; if the ~ is doubled, turn it off. When
this option is set, any pattern characters result-
ing from the substitution become eligible for file
expansion and filename generation.
If the colon is omitted from one of the above expressions
containing a colon, then the shell only checks whether name
is set or not, not whether it is null.
If a ${...} type parameter expression or a $(...) type com-
mand substitution is used in place of name above, it is sub-
stituted first and the result is used as it were the value
of name.
If the opening brace is directly followed by an opening
parentheses the string up to the matching closing
parentheses will be taken as a list of flags. Where argu-
ments are valid, any character, or the matching pairs
`(...)', `{...}', `[...]', or `<...>', may be used in place
of the colon as delimiters. The following flags are sup-
ported:
A Create an array parameter with ${...:=...} or
${...::=...}. Assignment is made before sorting
or padding.
@ In double quotes, array elements are put into
separate words. Eg. "${(@)foo}" is equivalent to
"${foo[@]}" and "${(@)foo[1,2]}" is the same as
"$foo[1]" "$foo[2]".
e Perform parameter expansion, command substitution
and arithmetic expansion on the result. Such
expansions can be nested but too deep recursion
may have unpredictable effects.
o Sort the resulting words in ascending order.
O Sort the resulting words in descending order.
i With o or O, sort case-independently.
L Convert all letters in the result to lower case.
U Convert all letters in the result to upper case.
C Capitalize the resulting words.
c With ${#name}, count the total number of charac-
ters in an array, as if the elements were con-
catenated with spaces between them.
w With ${#name}, count words in arrays or strings;
the s flag may be used to set a word delimiter.
W Similar to w with the difference that empty words
between repeated delimiters are also counted.
p Recognize the same escape sequences as the print
builtin in string arguments to subsequent flags.
l:expr::string1::string2:
Pad the resulting words on the left. Each word
will be truncated if required and placed in a
field expr characters wide. The space to the left
will be filled with string1 (concatenated as often
as needed) or spaces if string1 is not given. If
both string1 and string2 are given, this string is
inserted once directly to the left of each word,
before padding.
r:expr::string1::string2:
As l..., but pad the words on the right and insert
string2 on the right.
j:string:
Join the words of arrays together using string as
a separator. Note that this occurs before word
splitting by the SH_WORD_SPLIT option.
F Join the words of arrays together using newline as
a separator. This is a shorthand for pj:\n:.
s:string:
Force word splitting (see the option
SH_WORD_SPLIT) at the separator string. Splitting
only occurs in places where an array value is
valid, and joining always occurs before splitting.
f Split the result of the expansion to lines. This
is a shorthand for ps:\n:.
(All remaining flags are useful only with the
${...#...} or ${...%...} forms.)
S Search substrings as well as beginnings or ends.
I:expr:
Search the expr'th match (where expr evaluates to
a number).
M Include the matched portion in the result.
R Include the unmatched portion in the result (the
Rest).
B Include the index of the beginning of the match in
the result.
E Include the index of the end of the match in the
result.
N Include the length of the match in the result.
COMMAND SUBSTITUTION
A command enclosed in parentheses preceded by a dollar sign,
like so: $(...) or quoted with grave accents: `...` is
replaced with its standard output, with any trailing new-
lines deleted. If the substitution is not enclosed in dou-
ble quotes, the output is broken into words using the IFS
parameter. The substitution $(cat foo) may be replaced by
the equivalent but faster $(<foo). In either case, if the
option GLOB_SUBST is set the output is eligible for filename
generation.
ARITHMETIC EXPANSION
A string of the form $[exp] or $((exp)) is substituted with
the value of the arithmetic expression exp. exp is subjected
to parameter expansion, command substitution and arithmetic
expansion before it is evaluated. See ARITHMETIC EVALUATION
in zshmisc(1).
BRACE EXPANSION
A string of the form foo{xx,yy,zz}bar is expanded to the
individual words fooxxbar, fooyybar, and foozzbar. Left-
to-right order is preserved. This construct may be nested.
Commas may be quoted in order to include them literally in a
word.
An expression of the form {n1..n2}, where n1 and n2 are
integers, is expanded to every number between n1 and n2,
inclusive. If either number begins with a zero, all the
resulting numbers will be padded with leading zeroes to that
minimum width. If the numbers are in decreasing order the
resulting sequence will also be in decreasing order.
If a brace expression matches none of the above forms, it is
left unchanged, unless the BRACE_CCL option is set. In that
case, it is expanded to a sorted list of the individual
characters between the braces, in the manner of a search
set. `-' is treated specially as in a search set, but `^'
or `!' as the first character is treated normally.
FILENAME GENERATION (GLOBBING)
If a word contains an unquoted instance of one of the char-
acters *, |, <, [, or ?, it is regarded as a pattern for
filename generation, unless the GLOB option is unset. If
the EXTENDED_GLOB option is set, the ^, ~ and # characters
also denote a pattern; otherwise (except for an initial ~,
see Filename Expansion above) they are not treated specially
by the shell. The word is replaced with a list of sorted
filenames that match the pattern. If no matching pattern is
found, the shell gives an error message, unless the
NULL_GLOB option is set, in which case the word is deleted;
or unless the NOMATCH option is unset, in which case the
word is left unchanged. In filename generation, the charac-
ter / must be matched explicitly; also, a . must be matched
explicitly at the beginning of a pattern or after a /,
unless the GLOB_DOTS option is set. No filename generation
pattern matches the files "." or "..". In other instances
of pattern matching, the / and . are not treated specially.
* matches any string, including the null string.
? matches any character.
[...]
matches any of the enclosed characters. Ranges of
characters can be specified by separating two
characters by a -. A - or ] may be matched by
including it as the first character in the list.
[^...]
[!...]
like [...], except that it matches any character
which is not in the given set.
<x-y>
matches any number in the range x to y, inclusive.
If x is omitted, the number must be less than or
equal to y. If y is omitted, the number must be
greater than or equal to x. A pattern of the form
<-> matches any number.
^x matches anything except the pattern x.
x|y matches either x or y.
x# matches zero or more occurrences of the pattern x.
x## matches one or more occurrences of the pattern x.
Parentheses may be used for grouping. Note that the | char-
acter must be within parentheses, so that the lexical
analyzer does not think it is a pipe character. Also note
that "/" has a higher precedence than "^"; that is:
ls ^foo/bar
will search directories in "." except "./foo" for a file
named bar.
A pathname component of the form (foo/)# matches a path con-
sisting of zero or more directories matching the pattern
foo. As a shorthand, **/ is equivalent to (*/)#. Thus:
ls (*/)#bar
or
ls **/bar
does a recursive directory search for files named bar, not
following symbolic links. To follow symbolic links, use the
form ***/.
If used for filename generation, a pattern may contain an
exclusion specifier. Such patterns are of the form
pat1~pat2. This pattern will generate all files matching
pat1, but which do not match pat2. For example, *.c~lex.c
will match all files ending in .c, except the file lex.c.
This may appear inside parentheses. Note that "~" has a
higher precedence than "|", so that pat1|pat2~pat3 matches
any time that pat1 matches, or if pat2 matches while pat3
does not. Note also that "/" characters are not treated
specially in the exclusion specifier so that a "*" will
match multiple path segments if they appear in the pattern
to the left of the "~".
Patterns used for filename generation may also end in a list
of qualifiers enclosed in parentheses. The qualifiers
specify which filenames that otherwise match the given pat-
tern will be inserted in the argument list. A qualifier may
be any one of the following:
/ directories
. plain files
@ symbolic links
= sockets
p named pipes (FIFOs)
* executable plain files (0100)
% device files (character or block special)
%b block special files
%c character special files
r owner-readable files (0400)
w owner-writable files (0200)
x owner-executable files (0100)
A group-readable files (0040)
I group-writable files (0020)
E group-executable files (0010)
R world-readable files (0004)
W world-writable files (0002)
X world-executable files (0001)
s setuid files (04000)
S setgid files (02000)
t files with the sticky bit (01000)
ddev files on the device dev
l[-|+]ct
files having a link count less than ct (-),
greater than ct (+), or is equal to ct
U files owned by the effective user id
G files owned by the effective group id
uid files owned by user id id if it is a number, if
not, than the character after the u will be used
as a separator and the string between it and the
next matching separator (`(', `[', `{', and `<'
match `)', `]', `}', and `>' respectively, any
other character matches itself) will be taken as a
user name and the user id of this user will be
taken (e.g. u:foo: or u[foo] for user foo)
gid like uid but with group ids or names
a[Mwhms][-|+]n
files accessed exactly n days ago. Files accessed
within the last n days are selected using a nega-
tive value for n (-n). Files accessed more than n
days ago are selected by a positive n value (+n).
Optional unit specifiers M, w, h, m, or s (e.g.
ah5) cause the check to be performed with months
(of 30 days), weeks, hours, minutes, or seconds
instead of days, respectively. For instance, echo
*(ah-5) would echo files accessed within the last
five hours.
m[Mwhms][-|+]n
like the file access qualifier, except that it
uses the file modification time.
c[Mwhms][-|+]n
like the file access qualifier, except that it
uses the file inode change time.
L[+|-]n
files less than n bytes (-), more than n bytes
(+), or exactly n bytes in length. If this flag is
directly followed by a k (K), m (M), or p (P)
(e.g. Lk+50) the check is performed with kilo-
bytes, megabytes, or blocks (of 512 bytes)
instead.
^ negates all qualifiers following it
- toggles between making the qualifiers work on sym-
bolic links (the default) and the files they point
to
M sets the MARK_DIRS option for the current pattern
T appends a traling qualifier mark to the file
names, analogous to the LIST_TYPES option, for the
current pattern (overrides M)
N sets the NULL_GLOB option for the current pattern
D sets the GLOB_DOTS option for the current pattern
More than one of these lists can be combined, separated by
commas. The whole list matches if at least one of the sub-
lists matches (they are `or'ed', the qualifiers in the sub-
lists are `and'ed').
If a : appears in a qualifier list, the remainder of the
expression in parenthesis is interpreted as a modifier (see
the subsection Modifiers of the section HISTORY EXPANSION).
Note that each modifier must be introduced by a separate :.
Note also that the result after modification does not have
to be an existing file. The name of any existing file can
be followed by a modifier of the form (:..) even if no
filename generation is performed.
Thus:
ls *(-/)
lists all directories and symbolic links that point to
directories, and
ls *(%W)
lists all world-writable device files in the current direc-
tory, and
ls *(W,X)
lists all files in the current directory that are world-
writable or world-executable, and
echo /tmp/foo*(u0^@:t)
outputs the basename of all root-owned files beginning with
the string "foo" in /tmp, ignoring symlinks, and
ls *.*~(lex|parse).[ch](^D^l1)
lists all files having a link count of one whose names con-
tain a dot (but not those starting with a dot, since
GLOB_DOTS is explicitly switched off) except for lex.c,
lex.h, parse.c, and parse.h.
HISTORY EXPANSION
History substitution allows you to use words from previous
command lines in the command line you are typing. This sim-
plifies spelling corrections and the repetition of compli-
cated commands or arguments. Command lines are saved in the
history list, the size of which is controlled by the HIST-
SIZE variable. The most recent command is retained in any
case. A history substitution begins with the fist character
of the histchars parameter which is ! by default and may
occur anywhere on the command line; history substitutions do
not nest. The ! can be escaped with \ or can be enclosed
between a pair of single quotes ('') to suppress its special
meaning. Double quotes will not work for this.
Input lines containing history substitutions are echoed on
the terminal after being expanded, but before any other sub-
stitutions take place or the command gets executed.
Event Designators
An event designator is a reference to a command-line entry
in the history list.
! Start a history substitution, except when followed
by a blank, newline, =, or (.
!! Refer to the previous command. By itself, this
substitution repeats the previous command.
!n Refer to command-line n.
!-n Refer to the current command-line minus n.
!str Refer to the most recent command starting with
str.
!?str[?]
Refer to the most recent command containing str.
!# Refer to the current command line typed in so far.
The line is treated as if it were complete up to
and including the word before the one with the !#
reference.
!{...}
Insulate a history reference from adjacent charac-
ters (if necessary).
Word Designators
A word designator indicates which word or words of a given
command line will be included in a history reference. A `:'
separates the event specification from the word designator.
It can be omitted if the word designator begins with a ^, $,
*, - or %. Word designators include:
0 The first input word (command).
n The n'th argument.
^ The first argument, that is, 1.
$ The last argument.
% The word matched by (the most recent) ?str search.
x-y A range of words; -y abbreviates 0-y.
* All the arguments, or a null value if there is
just one word in the event.
x* Abbreviates x-$.
x- Like x* but omitting word $.
Note that a `%' word designator will only work when used as
!%, !:%, !?str?:% and only when used after a !? substitu-
tion. Anything else will result in an error, although the
error may not be the most obvious one.
Modifiers
After the optional word designator, you can add a sequence
of one or more of the following modifiers, each preceded by
a :. These modifiers also work on the result of filename
and parameter expansion.
h Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving the
head.
r Remove a trailing suffix of the form `.xxx', leav-
ing the basename.
e Remove all but the suffix.
t Remove all leading pathname components, leaving
the tail.
& Repeat the previous substitution.
g Apply the change to the first occurrence of a
match in each word, by prefixing the above (for
example, g&).
p Print the new command but do not execute it.
q Quote the substituted words, escaping further sub-
stitutions.
x Like q, but break into words at each blank.
l Convert the words to all lowercase.
u Convert the words to all uppercase.
f Repeats the immediately (without a colon) follow-
ing modifier until the resulting word doesn't
change any more. This and the following F, w and W
modifier only work with parameter and filename
expansion.
F:expr:
Like f, but repeats only n times if the expression
expr evaluates to n. Any character can be used
instead of the `:', if any of `(', `[', or `{' is
used as the opening delimiter the second one has
to be ')', `]', or `}' respectively.
w Makes the immediately following modifier work on
each word in the string.
W:sep:
Like w but words are considered to be the parts of
the string that are separated by sep. Any charac-
ter can be used instead of the `:', opening
parentheses are handled specially, see above.
s/l/r[/]
Substitute r for l.
Unless preceded by a g, the substitution is done only for
the first string that matches l.
The left-hand side of substitutions are not regular expres-
sions, but character strings. Any character can be used as
the delimiter in place of /. A backslash quotes the delim-
iter character. The character &, in the right hand side, is
replaced by the text from the left-hand-side. The & can be
quoted with a backslash. A null l uses the previous string
either from a l or from a contextual scan string s from !?s.
You can omit the rightmost delimiter if a newline immedi-
ately follows r; the rightmost ? in a context scan can simi-
larly be omitted.
By default, a history reference with no event specification
refers to the same line as the last history reference on
that command line, unless it is the first history reference
in a command. In that case, a history reference with no
event specification always refers to the previous command.
However, if the option CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY is set, then his-
tory reference with no event specification will always refer
to the previous command. For example, !!:1 will always
refer to the first word of the previous command and !!$ will
always refer to the last word of the previous command. And
with CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY set, then !:1 and !$ will function
in the same manner as !!:1 and !!$, respectively. However,
if CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY is unset, then !:1 and !$ will refer
to the first and last words respectively, of the last com-
mand referenced on the current command line. However, if
they are the first history reference on the command line,
then they refer to the previous command.
The character sequence ^foo^bar repeats the last command,
replacing the string "foo" with the string "bar".
If the shell encounters the character sequence !" in the
input, the history mechanism is temporarily disabled until
the current list is fully parsed. The !" is removed from
the input, and any subsequent ! characters have no special
significance.
A less convenient but more comprehensible form of command
history support is provided by the fc builtin (see the entry
in zshbuiltins(1)).
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshbuiltins - zsh built-in functions
DESCRIPTIONS
- simple command
See the secion PRECOMMAND MODIFIERS in zshmisc(1).
. file [ arg ... ]
Read commands from file and execute them in the current
shell environment. If file does not contain a slash,
or if PATH_DIRS is set, the shell looks in the com-
ponents of path to find the directory containing file.
Files in the current directory are not read unless "."
appears somewhere in path. If any arguments arg are
given, they become the positional parameters; the old
positional parameters are restored when the file is
done executing. The exit status is the exit status of
the last command executed.
: [ arg ... ]
This command only expands parameters. A zero exit code
is returned.
alias [ -gmrL ] [ name[=value] ] ...
For each name with a corresponding value, define an
alias with that value. A trailing space in value
causes the next word to be checked for alias substitu-
tion. If the -g flag is present, define a global
alias; global aliases are expanded even if they do not
occur in command position. For each name with no
value, print the value of name, if any. With no argu-
ments, print all currently defined aliases. If the -m
flag is given the arguments are taken as patterns (they
should be quoted to preserve them from being inter-
preted as glob patterns) and the aliases matching these
patterns are printed. When printing aliases and the -g
or -r flags are present, then restrict the printing to
global or regular aliases, respectively. If the -L
flag is present, then print each alias in a manner
suitable for putting in a startup script. The exit
status is nonzero if a name (with no value) is given
for which no alias has been defined.
autoload [ name ... ]
For each of the names (which are names of functions),
create a function marked undefined. The fpath variable
will be searched to find the actual function definition
when the function is first referenced. The definition
is contained in a file of the same name as the func-
tion. If the file found contains a standard definition
for the function, that is stored as the function; oth-
erwise, the contents of the entire file are stored as
the function. The latter format allows functions to be
used directly as scripts.
bg [ job ... ]
job ... &
Put each specified job in the background, or the
current job if none is specified.
bindkey -mevd
bindkey -r in-string ...
bindkey [ -a ] in-string [ command ] ...
bindkey -s [ -a ] in-string out-string ...
The -e and -v options put the keymaps in emacs mode or
vi mode respectively; they cannot be used simultane-
ously. The -d option resets all bindings to the
compiled-in settings. If not used with options -e or
-v, the maps will be left in emacs mode, or in vi mode
if the VISUAL or EDITOR variables exist and contain the
string "vi". Metafied characters are bound to self-
insert by default. The -m option loads the compiled-in
bindings of these characters for the mode determined by
the preceding options, or the current mode if used
alone. Any previous bindings done by the user will be
preserved. If the -r option is given, remove any bind-
ing for each in-string. If the -s option is not speci-
fied, bind each in-string to a specified command. If no
command is specified, print the binding of in-string if
it is bound, or return a nonzero exit code if it is not
bound. If the -s option is specified, bind each in-
string to each specified out-string. When in-string is
typed, out-string will be pushed back and treated as
input to the line editor. This process is recursive
but, to avoid infinite loops, the shell will report an
error if more than 20 consecutive replacements happen.
If the -a option is specified, bind the in-strings in
the alternative keymap instead of the standard one.
The alternative keymap is used in vi command mode.
It's possible for an in-string to be bound to something
and also be the beginning of a longer bound string. In
this case the shell will wait a certain time to see if
more characters are typed and if not it will execute
the binding. This timeout is defined by the KEYTIMEOUT
parameter; its default is 0.4 sec. No timeout is done
if the prefix string is not bound.
For either in-string or out-string, control characters
may be specified in the form ^X, and the backslash may
be used to introduce one of the following escape
sequences:
\a bell character
\n linefeed (newline)
\b backspace
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\f form feed
\r carriage return
\e, \E
escape
\NNN character code in octal
\xNN character code in hexadecimal
\M-xxx
character or escape sequence with meta bit
set. The `-' after the `M' is optional.
\C-X control character. The `-' after the `C' is
optional.
In all other cases, \ escapes the following character.
Delete is written as `^?'. Note that `\M^?' and `^\M?'
are not the same.
Multi-character in-strings cannot contain the null
character ("^@" or "^ "). If they appear in a bindkey
command, they will be silently translated to "\M-^@".
This restriction does not apply to out-strings,
single-character in-strings and the first character of
a multi-char in-string.
break [ n ]
Exit from an enclosing for, while, until, select, or
repeat loop. If n is specified, then break n levels
instead of just one.
builtin name [ args ] ...
Executes the builtin name, with the given args.
bye Same as exit.
cd [ arg ]
cd old new
cd _n
Change the current directory. In the first form,
change the current directory to arg, or to the value of
HOME if arg is not specified. If arg is -, change to
the value of OLDPWD, the previous directory. If a
directory named arg is not found in the current direc-
tory and arg does not begin with a slash, search each
component of the shell parameter cdpath. If the option
CDABLEVARS is set, and a parameter named arg exists
whose value begins with a slash, treat its value as the
directory.
The second form of cd substitutes the string new for
the string old in the name of the current directory,
and tries to change to this new directory.
The third form of cd extracts an entry from the direc-
tory stack, and changes to that directory. An argument
of the form +n identifies a stack entry by counting
from the left of the list shown by the dirs command,
starting with zero. An argument of the form -n counts
from the right. If the PUSHD_MINUS option is set, the
meanings of + and - in this context are swapped.
chdir
Same as cd.
command simple command
See the secion PRECOMMAND MODIFIERS in zshmisc(1).
compctl
Compctl has it's own man page. Check zshcompctl(1).
continue [ num ]
Resume the next iteration of the enclosing for, while,
until, select, or repeat loop. If n is specified,
break out of n - 1 loops and resume at the nth enclos-
ing loop.
declare [ arg ... ]
Same as typeset.
dirs [ -v ] [ arg ... ]
With no arguments, print the contents of the directory
stack. If the -v option is given, number the direc-
tories in the stack when printing. Directories are
added to this stack with the pushd command, and removed
with the cd or popd commands. If arguments are speci-
fied, load them onto the directory stack, replacing
anything that was there, and push the current directory
onto the stack.
disable [ -afmr ] arg ...
Disable the hash table element named arg temporarily.
The default is to disable builtin commands. This
allows you to use an external command with the same
name as a builtin command. The -a option causes dis-
able to act on aliases. The -f option causes disable
to act on shell functions. The -r options causes dis-
able to act on reserved words. Without arguments all
disabled hash table elements from the corresponding
hash table are printed. With the -m flag the arguments
are taken as patterns (should be quoted to preserve
them from being taken as glob patterns) and all hash
table elements from the corresponding hash table match-
ing these patterns are disabled. Disabled objects can
be enabled with the enable command.
disown [ job ... ]
job ... &|
job ... &!
Remove the specified jobs from the job table; the shell
will no longer report their status, and will not com-
plain if you try to exit an interactive shell with them
running or stopped. If no job is specified, use the
current job.
echo [ -neE ] [ arg ... ]
Write each arg on the standard output, with a space
separating each one. If the -n flag is not present,
print a newline at the end. echo recognizes the fol-
lowing escape sequences:
\a bell character
\b backspace
\c don't print an ending newline
\e escape
\f form feed
\n newline
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\\ backslash
\0NNN
character code in octal, with a maximum of three
digits after the zero; a non-octal digit ter-
minates the number
\xNN character code in hexadecimal, with a maximum of
two digits after the `x'; a non-hexadecimal digit
terminates the number.
The -E falg or the BSD_ECHO option can be used to dis-
able these escape sequences. In the later case -e flag
can be used to enable them.
echotc cap [ arg ... ]
Output the termcap string corresponding to the capabil-
ity cap, with optional arguments.
emulate [ -LR ] [ zsh | sh | ksh | csh ]
Set up zsh options to emulate the specified shell as
much as possible. csh will never be fully emulated.
If the argument is not one of the shells listed above,
zsh will be used as a default. If the -R option is
given, all options are reset to their default value
corresponding to the specified emulation mode, except
for certain options describing the interactive environ-
ment; otherwise, only those options likely to cause
portability problems in scripts and functions are
altered. If the -L option is given, the option
LOCAL_OPTIONS will be set as well, causing the effect
of the emulate command to be local to the immediately
surrounding shell function, if any; normally this is
turned off in all emulation modes except ksh.
enable [ -afmr ] arg ...
Enable the hash table element named arg, presumably
disabled earlier with disable. The default is to
enable builtin commands. The -a option causes enable
to act on aliases. The -f option causes enable to act
on shell functions. The -r option causes enable to act
on reserved words. Without arguments all enable hash
table elememts from the corresponding hash table are
printed. With the -m flag the arguments are taken as
patterns (should be quoted) and all hash table elements
from the corresponding hash table matching these pat-
terns are enabled. Enabled objects can be disabled
with the disable builtin command.
eval [ arg ... ]
Read the arguments as input to the shell and execute
the resulting command(s) in the current shell process.
exec simple command
See the secion PRECOMMAND MODIFIERS in zshmisc(1).
exit [ n ]
Exit the shell with the exit code specified by n; if
none is specified, use the exit code from the last com-
mand executed. An EOF condition will also cause the
shell to exit, unless the IGNOREEOF option is set.
export [ name[=value] ... ]
The specified names are marked for automatic export to
the environment of subsequently executed commands.
export is equivalent to typeset -x.
false
Do nothing and return an exit code of 1.
fc [ -e ename ] [ -
nlrdDfEim ] [ old=new ... ] [ first [ last ] ]
fc -ARWI [ filename ]
Select a range of commands from first to last from the
history list. The arguments first and last may be
specified as a number or as a string. A negative
number is used as an offset to the current history
event number. A string specifies the most recent event
beginning with the given string. All substitutions
old=new, if any, are then performed on the commands.
If the -l flag is given, the resulting commands are
listed on standard output. If the -m flag is also
given the first argument is taken as a pattern (should
be quoted) and only the history events matching this
pattern will be shown. Otherwise the editor program
ename is invoked on a file containing these history
events. If ename is not given, the value of the param-
eter FCEDIT is used. If ename is "-", no editor is
invoked. When editing is complete, the edited
command(s) is executed. If first is not specified, it
will be set to -1 (the most recent event), or to -16 if
the -l flag is given. If last is not specified, it
will be set to first, or to -1 if the -l flag is given.
The flag -r reverses the order of the commands and the
flag -n suppresses command numbers when listing. Also
when listing, -d prints timestamps for each command,
and -f prints full time-date stamps. Adding the -E flag
causes the dates to be printed as `dd.mm.yyyy', instead
of the default `mm/dd/yyyy'. Adding the -i flag causes
the dates to be printed as `yyyy-mm-dd', in a fixed
format. With the -D flag, fc prints elapsed times.
fc -R reads the history from the given file, fc -W
writes the history out to the given file, and fc -A
appends the history out to the given file. fc -AI
(-WI) appends (writes) only those events that are new
since last incremental append (write) to the history
file. In any case the file will have no more than
SAVEHIST entries.
fg [ job ... ]
job ...
Bring the specified jobs to the foreground. If no job
is specified, use the current job.
functions [ _tum ] [ name ... ]
Equivalent to typeset -f.
getln name ...
Read the top value from the buffer stack and put it in
the shell parameter name. Equivalent to read -zr. The
flags -c, -l, -A, -e, -E, and -n are supported, too.
getopts optstring name [ arg ... ]
Checks arg for legal options. If arg is omitted, use
the positional parameters. A valid option argument
begins with a + or a -. An argument not beginning with
a + or a -, or the argument --, ends the options. opt-
string contains the letters that getopts recognizes.
If a letter is followed by a `:', that option is
expected to have an argument. The options can be
separated from the argument by blanks.
Each time it is invoked, getopts places the option
letter it finds in the shell parameter name, prepended
with a + when arg begins with a +. The index of the
next arg is stored in OPTIND. The option argument, if
any, is stored in OPTARG.
A leading : in optstring causes getopts to store the
letter of the invalid option in OPTARG, and to set name
to `?' for an unknown option and to `:' when a required
option is missing. Otherwise, getopts prints an error
message. The exit status is nonzero when there are no
more options.
hash [ -dfmr ] [ name[=value] ] ...
With no arguments or options, hash will list the entire
command hash table.
The -m option causes the arguments to be taken as pat-
terns (they should be quoted) and the elements of the
command hash table matching these patterns are printed.
The -r option causes the command hash table to be
thrown out and restarted. The -f option causes the
entire path to be searched, and all the commands found
are added to the hash table. These options cannot be
used with any arguments.
For each name with a corresponding value, put name in
the command hash table, associating it with the path-
name value. Whenever name is used as a command argu-
ment, the shell will try to execute the file given by
value. For each name with no corresponding value,
search for name in the path, and add it to the command
hash table, and associating it with the discovered
path, if it is found.
Adding the -d option causes hash to act on the named
directory table instead of the command hash table. The
remaing discussion of hash will assume that the -d is
given.
If invoked without any arguments, and without any other
options, hash -d lists the entire named directory
table.
The -m option causes the arguments to be taken as pat-
terns (they should be quoted) and the elements of the
named directory table matching these patterns are
printed.
The -r option causes the named directory table to be
thrown out and restarted so that it only contains `~'.
The -f option causes all usernames to be added to the
named directory table. There options cannot be used
with any arguments.
For each name with a corresponding value, put name in
the named directory table. The directory name name is
then associated with the specified path value, so that
value may be referred to as `~name'. For each name
with no corresponding value, search for as a username
and as a parameter. If it is found, it is added to the
named directory hash table.
history [ -nrdDfEim ] [ first [ last ] ]
Same as fc -l.
integer [ _lrtux ] [ name[=value] ] ...
Same as typeset -i, except that options irrelevant to
integers are not permitted.
jobs [ -lprs ] [ job ... ]
Lists information about each given job, or all jobs if
job is omitted. The -l flag lists process ids, and the
-p flag lists process groups. If the -r flag is speci-
fied only running jobs will be listed and if the -s
flag is given only stopped jobs are shown.
kill [ -s signal_name ] job ...
kill [ -sig ] job ...
kill -l [ sig ... ]
Sends either SIGTERM or the specified signal to the
given jobs or processes. Signals are given by number
or by names, without the SIG prefix. If the signal
being sent is not KILL or CONT, then the job will be
sent a CONT signal if it is stopped. The argument job
can be the process id of a job not in the job list. In
the third form, kill -l, if sig is not specified the
signal names are listed. Otherwise, for each sig that
is a name, the corresponding signal number is listed.
For each sig that is a signal number or a number
representing the exit status of a process which was
terminated or stopped by a signal the name of the sig-
nal is printed.
let arg ...
Evaluate each arg as an arithmetic expression. See
ARITHMETIC EVALUATION in zshmisc(1) for a description
of arithmetic expressions. The exit status is 0 if the
value of the last expression is nonzero, and 1 other-
wise.
limit [ -hs ] [ resource [ limit ] ] ...
Set or display resource limits. Unless the -s flag is
given the limit applies only the children of the shell.
If -s is given without other arguments, the resource
limits of the current shell is set to the previously
set resource limits of the children. If limit is not
specified, print the current limit placed on resource;
otherwise set the limit to the specified value. If the
-h flag is given, use hard limits instead of soft lim-
its. If no resource is given, print all limits.
resource is one of:
cputime
Maximum CPU seconds per process.
filesize
Largest single file allowed.
datasize
Maximum data size (including stack) for each pro-
cess.
stacksize
Maximum stack size for each process.
coredumpsize
Maximum size of a core dump.
resident
Maximum resident set size.
memoryuse
The same as resident.
memorylocked
Maximum amount of memory locked in RAM.
descriptors
Maximum value for a file descriptor.
openfiles
Maximum number of open files.
vmemorysize
Maximum amount of virtual memory.
Which of these resource limits are available depends on
the system. limit is a number, with an optional scal-
ing factor, as follows:
nh hours.
nk kilobytes. This is the default for all but cpu-
time.
nm megabytes or minutes.
mm:ss
minutes and seconds.
local [ _LRZilrtu [n]] [ name[=value] ] ...
Same as typeset, except that the options -x and -f are
not permitted.
log List all users currently logged in who are affected by
the current setting of the watch parameter.
logout
Exit the shell, if this is a login shell.
noglob simple command
See the secion PRECOMMAND MODIFIERS in zshmisc(1).
popd [ _n ]
Removes a entry from the directory stack, and perform a
cd to the new top directory. With no argument, the
current top entry is removed. An argument of the form
+n identifies a stack entry by counting from the left
of the list shown by the dirs command, starting with
zero. An argument of the form -n counts from the
right. If the PUSHD_MINUS option is set, the meanings
of + and - in this context are swapped.
print [ -nrslzpNDPoOicm ] [ -un ] [ -R [ -en ]] [ arg ... ]
With no flags or with flag -, the arguments are printed
on the standard output as described by echo, with the
following differences: the escape sequence \M-x
metafies the character x (sets the highest bit), \C-x
produces a control character (\C-@ and \C-? give the
characters NULL and delete) and \E is a synonym for \e.
Finally, if not in an escape sequence, \ escapes the
following character and is not printed.
-r ignore the escape conventions of echo.
-R emulate the BSD echo command which does not pro-
cess escape sequences unless the -e flag is given.
The -n flag suppresses the trailing newline. Only
the -e and -n flags are recognized after -R, all
other arguments and options are printed.
-m Take the fist argument as a pattern (should be
quoted) and remove it from the argument list
together with subsequent arguments that do not
match this pattern.
-s place the results in the history list instead of
on the standard output.
-n do not add a newline to the output.
-l print the arguments separated by newlines instead
of spaces.
-N print the arguments separated and terminated by
nulls.
-o print the arguments sorted in ascending order.
-O print the arguments sorted in descending order.
-i if given together with -o or -O makes them work
case independently
-c print the arguments in columns
-un print the arguments to file descriptor n.
-p print the arguments to the input of the coprocess.
-z push the arguments onto the editing buffer stack,
separated by spaces; no escape sequences are
recognized.
-D treat the arguments as directory names, replacing
prefixes with ~ expressions, as appropriate.
-P recognize the same escape sequences as in the
PROMPT parameter.
pushd [ arg ]
pushd old new
pushd _n
Change the current directory, and push the old current
directory onto the directory stack. In the first form,
change the current directory to arg. If arg is not
specified, change to the second directory on the stack
(that is, exchange the top two entries), or change to
the value of HOME if the PUSHD_TO_HOME option is set or
if there is only one entry on the stack. If arg is -,
change to the value of OLDPWD, the previous directory.
If a directory named arg is not found in the current
directory and arg does not contain a slash, search each
component of the shell parameter cdpath. If the option
CDABLEVARS is set, and a parameter named arg exists
whose value begins with a slash, treat its value as the
directory. If the option PUSHD_SILENT is not set, the
directory stack will be printed after a pushd is per-
formed.
The second form of pushd substitutes the string new for
the string old in the name of the current directory,
and tries to change to this new directory.
The third form of pushd changes directory by rotating
the directory list. An argument of the form +n identi-
fies a stack entry by counting from the left of the
list shown by the dirs command, starting with zero. An
argument of the form -n counts from the right. If the
PUSHD_MINUS option is set, the meanings of + and - in
this context are swapped.
pushln
Equivalent to print -nz.
pwd [ -r ]
Print the absolute pathname of the current working
directory. If the -r flag is specified or the
CHASE_LINKS option is set, the printed path will not
contain symbolic links.
r Equivalent to fc -e -.
read [ -rzpqAclneE ] [ -k [ num ] ]
[ -un ] [ name?prompt ] [ name ... ]
Read one line and break it into fields using the char-
acters in IFS as separators.
-r Raw mode: a \ at the end of a line does not sig-
nify line continuation.
-q Read only one character from the terminal and set
name to `y' if this character was `y' or `Y' and
to `n' otherwise. With this flag set the return
value is zero only if the character was `y' or
`Y'.
-k [ num ]
Read only one (or num) characters from the termi-
nal.
-z Read from the editor buffer stack. The first
field is assigned to the first name, the second
field to the second name, etc., with leftover
fields assigned to the last name.
-e
-E The words read are printed after the whole line is
read. If the -e flag is set, the words are not
assigned to the parameters.
-A The first name is taken as the name of an array
and all words are assigned to it.
-c
-l These flags are allowed only if called inside a
function used for completion (specified with the
-K flag to compctl). If the -c flag is given, the
words of the current command are read. If the -l
flag is given, the whole line is assigned as a
scalar. If name is omitted then REPLY is used for
scalars and reply for arrays.
-n Together with either of the previous flags, this
option gives the number of the word the cursor is
on or the index of the character the cursor is on
respectively.
-un Input is read from file descriptor n.
-p Input is read from the coprocess.
If the first argument contains a ?, the remainder of
this word is used as a prompt on standard error when
the shell is interactive. The exit status is 0 unless
an end-of-file is encountered.
readonly [ name[=value] ] ...
The given names are marked readonly; these names cannot
be changed by subsequent assignment.
rehash [ -df ]
Throw out the command hash table and start over. If
the -f option is set, rescan the command path immedi-
ately, instead of rebuilding the hash table incremen-
tally.
The -d option causes rehash to act on the named direc-
tory table instead of the command hash table. This
reduces the named directory table to only the `~'
entry. If the -f option is also used, the named direc-
tory table is rebuilt immediately.
rehash is equivalent to hash -r.
return [ n ]
Causes a shell function or . script to return to the
invoking script with the return status specified by n.
If n is omitted then the return status is that of the
last command executed.
If return was executed from a trap in a TRAPxxx func-
tion, the effect is different for zero and non-zero
return status. With zero status (or after an implicit
return at the end of the trap), the shell will return
to whatever it was previously processing; with a non-
zero status, the shell will behave as interrupted
except that the return status of the trap is retained.
Note that the signal which caused the trap is passed as
the first argument, so the statement `return
$((128+$1))' will return the same status as if the sig-
nal had not been trapped.
sched [+]hh:mm command ...
sched [ -item ]
Make an entry in the scheduled list of commands to exe-
cute. The time may be specified in either absolute or
relative time. With no arguments, prints the list of
scheduled commands. With the argument -item, removes
the given item from the list.
]
set [ _options ] [ _o option name ] ... [ _A [ name ] ] [ arg ...
Set the options for the shell and/or set the positional
parameters, or declare and set an array. If the -s
option is given it causes the specified arguments to be
sorted before assigning them to the positional parame-
ters (or to the array name if -A is used). With +s
sort arguments in descending order. For the meaning of
the other flags, see the zshoptions man page. Flags
may be specified by name using the -o option. If the
-A flag is specified, name is set to an array contain-
ing the given args; if +A is used and name is an array,
the gien arguments will replace the initial elements of
that array; if no name is specified, all arrays are
printed. Otherwise the positional parameters are set.
If no arguments are given, then the names and values of
all parameters are printed on the standard output. If
the only argument is +, the names of all parameters are
printed.
setopt [ _options ] [ name ... ]
Set the options for the shell. All options specified
either with flags or by name are set. If no arguments
are supplied, the names of all options currently set
are printed. In option names, case is insignificant,
and all underscore characters are ignored. If the -m
flag is given the arguments are taken as patterns
(should be quoted to preserve them from being inter-
preted as glob patterns) and all options with names
matching these patterns are set.
shift [ n ] [ name ... ]
The positional parameters from $n+1 ... are renamed $1,
where n is an arithmetic expression that defaults to 1.
If any names are given then the arrays with these names
are shifted instead of the positional parameters.
source
Same as ., except that the current directory is always
searched and is always searched first, before direc-
tories in path.
suspend [ -f ]
Suspend the execution of the shell (send it a SIGTSTP)
until it receives a SIGCONT. If the -f option is not
given, complain if this is a login shell.
test arg ...
[ arg ... ]
Like the system version of test. Added for compatibil-
ity; use conditional expressions instead.
times
Print the accumulated user and system times for the
shell and for processes run from the shell.
trap [ arg ] [ sig ] ...
arg is a series of commands (usually quoted to protect
it from immediate evaluation by the shell) to be read
and executed when the shell receives sig. Each sig can
be given as a number or as the name of a signal. If
arg is -, then all traps sig are reset to their default
values. If arg is the null string, then this signal is
ignored by the shell and by the commands it invokes.
If sig is ZERR then arg will be executed after each
command with a nonzero exit status. If sig is DEBUG
then arg will be executed after each command. If sig
is 0 or EXIT and the trap statement is executed inside
the body of a function, then the command arg is exe-
cuted after the function completes. If sig is 0 or
EXIT and the trap statement is not executed inside the
body of a function, then the command arg is executed
when the shell terminates. The trap command with no
arguments prints a list of commands associated with
each signal. Note that traps defined with the trap
builtin are slightly different from those defined as
`TRAPNAL () { ... }', as the latter have their own
function environment (line numbers, local variables,
etc.) while the former use the environment of the com-
mand in which they were called.
true Do nothing and return an exit code of 0.
ttyctl -fu
The -f option freezes the tty, and -u unfreezes it.
When the tty is frozen, no changes made to the tty set-
tings by external programs will be honored by the
shell, except for changes in the size of the screen;
the shell will simply reset the settings to their pre-
vious values as soon as each command exits or is
suspended. Thus, stty and similar programs have no
effect when the tty is frozen. Without options it
reports whether the terminal is frozen or not.
type [ -fpam ] name ...
Same as whence -v.
typeset [ _LRUZfilrtuxm [n]] [ name[=value] ] ...
Set attributes and values for shell parameters. When
invoked inside a function a new parameter is created
which will be unset when the function completes. The
new parameter will not be exported unless ALLEXPORT is
set, in which case the parameter will be exported pro-
vided no parameter of that name already exists. The
following attributes are valid:
-L Left justify and remove leading blanks from value.
If n is nonzero, it defines the width of the
field; otherwise it is determined by the width of
the value of the first assignment. When the
parameter is printed, it is filled on the right
with blanks or truncated if necessary to fit the
field. Leading zeros are removed if the -Z flag
is also set.
-R Right justify and fill with leading blanks. If n
is nonzero if defines the width of the field; oth-
erwise it is determined by the width of the value
of the first assignment. When the parameter is
printed, the field is left filled with blanks or
truncated from the end.
-U For arrays keep only the first element of each
duplications. It can also be set for colon
separated special parameters like PATH or FIGNORE,
etc.
-Z Right justify and fill with leading zeros if the
first non-blank character is a digit and the -L
flag has not been set. If n is nonzero it defines
the width of the field; otherwise it is determined
by the width of the value of the first assignment.
-f The names refer to functions rather than parame-
ters. No assignments can be made, and the only
other valid flags are -t and -u. The flag -t
turns on execution tracing for this function. The
flag -u causes this function to be marked for
autoloading. The fpath parameter will be searched
to find the function definition when the function
is first referenced; see autoload.
-i Use an internal integer representation. If n is
nonzero it defines the output arithmetic base,
otherwise it is determined by the first assign-
ment.
-l Convert to lower case.
-r The given names are marked readonly.
-t Tags the named parameters. Tags have no special
meaning to the shell.
-u Convert to upper case.
-x Mark for automatic export to the environment of
subsequently executed commands.
Using + rather than - causes these flags to be turned off.
If no arguments are given but flags are specified, a
list of named parameters which have these flags set is
printed. Using + instead of - keeps their values from
being printed. If no arguments or options are given,
the names and attributes of all parameters are printed.
If only the -m flag is given the arguments are taken as
patterns (should be quoted) and all parameters or func-
tions (with the -f flag) with matching names are
printed.
ulimit [ -SHacdflmnpstv ] [ limit ] ...
Set or display resource limits of the shell and the
processes started by the shell. The value of limit can
be a number in the unit specified below or the value
unlimited. If the -H flag is given use hard limits
instead of soft limits. If the -S flag is given
together with the -H flag set both hard and soft lim-
its. If no options are used, the file size limit (-f)
is assumed. If limit is omitted the current value of
the specified resources are printed. When more than
one resource values are printed the limit name and unit
is printed before each value.
-a Lists all of the current resource limits.
-c The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of core
dumps.
-d The number of K-bytes on the size of the data
segment.
-f The number of 512-byte blocks on the size of files
written.
-l The number of K-bytes on the size of locked-in
memory.
-m The number of K-bytes on the size of physical
memory.
-n The number of open file descriptors.
-s The number of K-bytes on the size of the stack.
-t The number of CPU seconds to be used.
-u The number of processes available to the user.
-v The number of K-bytes on the size of virtual
memory.
umask [ -S ] [ mask ]
The umask is set to mask. mask can be either an octal
number or a symbolic value as described in chmod(1).
If mask is omitted, the current value is printed. The
-S option causes the mask to be printed as a symbolic
value. Otherwise, the mask is printed as an octal
number. Note that in the symbolic form the permissions
you specify are those which are to be allowed (not
denied) to the users specified.
unalias [ -m ] name ...
The alias definition, if any, for each name is removed.
With the -m flag the arguments are taken as patterns
(should be quoted) and all aliases with names matching
the patterns are removed. unalias is equivalent to
unhash -a.
unfunction [ -m ] name ...
The function definition, if any, for each name is
removed. If the -m flag is specified the arguments are
taken as patterns (should be quoted) and all functions
with names matching the patterns are removed. unfunc-
tion is equivalent to unhash -f.
unhash [ -adfm ] name ...
Remove the element named name from an internal hash
table. The default is remove elements from the command
hash table. The -a option causes unhash to remove
aliases. The -f option causes unhash to remove shell
functions. The -d options causes unhash to remove
named directories. If the -m flag is given the argu-
ments are taken as patterns (should be quoted) and all
elements of the corresponding hash table with matching
names will be removed.
unlimit [ -hs ] resource ...
The resource limit for each resource is set to the hard
limit. If the -h flag is given and the shell is
running as root, the hard resource limit for each
resource is removed. The resources of the shell pro-
cess are only changed if the -s flag is given.
unset [ -fm ] name ...
Each named parameter is unset. If the -m flag is speci-
fied the arguments are taken as patterns (should be
quoted) and all parameters with matching names are
unset. Unset -f is equivalent to unfunction.
unsetopt [ _options ] [ name ... ]
Unset the options for the shell. All options specified
either with flags or by name are unset. If the -m flag
is given the arguments are considered to be patterns
(don't forget to quote them) and all options with names
matching these patterns are unset.
vared [ -c ] [ -h ] [ -p prompt ] [ -r rprompt ] name
The value of the parameter name is loaded into the edit
buffer, and the line editor is invoked. When the edi-
tor exits, name is set to the string value returned by
the editor. If the -c flag is given the parameter is
created if it doesn't already exist. If the -p flag is
given the following string will be taken as the prompt
to display at the left and if the -r flag is given the
following string gives the prompt to display at the
right. If the -h flag is specified, the history can be
accessed from zle.
wait [ job ... ]
Wait for the specified jobs or processes. If job is
not given then all currently active child processes are
waited for. Each job can be either a job specification
or the process-id of a job in the job table. The exit
status from this command is that of the job waited for.
whence [ -vcfpam ] name ...
For each name, indicate how it would be interpreted if
used as a command name. The -v flag produces a more
verbose report. The -c flag prints the results in a
csh-like format, and takes precedence over -v. The -f
flag causes the contents of a shell function to be
displayed, which would otherwise not happen unless the
-c flag were used. The -p flag does a path search for
name even if it is an alias, reserved word, shell func-
tion or builtin. The -a flag does a search for all
occurrences of name throughout the command path. With
the -m flag the arguments are taken as patterns (should
be quoted) and the information is displayed for each
command matching one of these patterns.
where
Same as whence -ca.
which [ -pam ] name ...
Same as whence -c.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshcompctl - zsh programmable completion
DESCRIPTION
compctl [ -CDT ] options [ command ... ]
compctl [ -CDT ] options
[ -x pattern options - ... -- ]
[ + options [ -x ... -- ] ... [+] ]
[ command ... ]
compctl -L [ -CDT ] [ command ... ]
compctl + command ...
Control the editor's completion behavior according to the
supplied set of options. Various editing commands, notably
expand-or-complete-word, usually bound to TAB, will attempt
to complete a word typed by the user, while others, notably
delete-char-or-list, usually bound to ^D in emacs editing
mode, list the possibilities; compctl controls what those
possibilities are. They may for example be filenames (the
most common case, and hence the default), shell variables,
or words from a user-specified list.
COMMAND FLAGS
Completion of the arguments of a command may be different
for each command or may use the default. The behavior when
completing the command word itself may also be separately
specified. These correspond to the following flags and
arguments, all of which (except for -L) may be combined with
any combination of the options described subsequently in the
section OPTION FLAGS:
command ...
controls completion for the named commands, which
must be listed last on the command line. If com-
pletion is attempted for a command with a pathname
containing slashes and no completion definition is
found, the search is retried with the last path-
name component. Note that aliases are expanded
before the command name is determined unless the
COMPLETE_ALIASES option is set. Commands should
not be combined with the -D, -C or -T flags.
-D controls default completion behavior for the argu-
ments of commands not assigned any special
behavior. If no compctl -D command has been
issued, filenames are completed.
-C controls completion when the command word itself
is being completed. If no compctl -C command has
been issued, the names of any executable command
(whether in the path or specific to the shell,
such as aliases or functions) are completed.
-T supplies completion flags to be used before any
other processing is done, even those given to
specific commands with other compctl definitions.
This is only useful when combined with extended
completion (the -x flag, see the section EXTENDED
COMPLETION below). Using this flag you can define
default behavior which will apply to all commands
without exception, or you can alter the standard
behavior for all commands. For example, if your
access to the user database is too slow and/or it
contains too many users (so that completion after
~ is too slow to be usable), you can use
compctl -Tx 'C[0,*/*]' -f - 's[~]' -k friends -S/
to complete the strings in the array friends after
a ~. The first argument is necessary so that this
form of ~-completion is not tried after the direc-
tory name is finished.
-L lists the existing completion behavior in a manner
suitable for putting into a start-up script; the
existing behavior is not changed. Any combination
of the above forms may be specified, otherwise all
defined completions are listed. Any other flags
supplied are ignored.
no argument
If no argument is given, compctl lists all defined
completions in an abbreviated form; with a list
of options, all completions with those flags set
(not counting extended completion) are listed.
If the + flag is alone and followed immediately by the
command list, the completion behavior for all the com-
mands in the list is reset to the default. In other
words, completion will subsequently use the options
specified by the -D flag.
OPTION FLAGS
[ -fcFBdeaRGovNAIOPZEnbjrzu ]
[ -k array ] [ -g globstring ] [ -s subststring ]
[ -K function ] [ -H num pattern ]
[ -Q ] [ -P prefix ] [ -S suffix ]
[ -q ] [ -X explanation ]
[ -l cmd ] [ -U ]
The remaining options specify the type of command arguments
to look for during completion. Any combination of these
flags may be specified; the result is a sorted list of all
the possibilities. The options are as follows.
Simple flags
These produce completion lists made up by the shell itself:
-f Filenames and filesystem paths.
-c Command names, including aliases, shell functions,
builtins and reserved words.
-F Function names.
-B Names of builtin commands.
-m Names of external commands.
-w Reserved words.
-a Alias names.
-R Names of regular (non-global) aliases.
-G Names of global aliases.
-d This can be combined with -F, -B, -w, -a, -R and
-G to get names of disabled functions, builtins,
reserved words or aliases.
-e This option (to show enabled commands) is in
effect by default, but may be combined with -d;
-de in combination with -F, -B, -w, -a, -R and -G
will complete names of functions, builtins,
reserved words or aliases whether or not they are
disabled.
-o Names of shell options (see the zshoptions manual
page).
-v Names of any variable defined in the shell.
-N Names of scalar (non-array) parameters.
-A Array names.
-I Names of integer variables.
-O Names of read-only variables.
-p Names of parameters used by the shell (including
special parameters).
-Z Names of shell special parameters.
-E Names of environment variables.
-n Named directories.
-b Key binding names.
-j Job names: the first word of the job leader's
command line. This is useful with the kill buil-
tin.
-r Names of running jobs.
-z Names of suspended jobs.
-u User names.
Flags with arguments
These have user supplied arguments to determine how the list
of completions is to be made up:
-k array
Names taken from the elements of $array (note that
the $ does not appear on the command line).
Alternatively, the argument array itself may be a
set of space- or comma-separated values in
parentheses, in which any delimiter may be escaped
with a backslash; in this case the argument should
be quoted. For example,
compctl -k "(cputime filesize datasize stacksize
coredumpsize resident descriptors)" limit
-g globstring
The globstring is expanded using filename glob-
bing; it should be quoted to protect it from
immediate expansion. The resulting filenames are
taken as the possible completions. Use `*(/)'
instead of `*/' for directories. The fignore spe-
cial parameter is not applied to the resulting
files. More than one pattern may be given
separated by blanks. (Note that brace expansion is
not part of globbing. Use the syntax
`(either|or)' to match alternatives.)
-s subststring
The subststring is split into words and these
words are than expanded using all shell expansion
mechanisms (see the zshexpn manual page). The
resulting words are taken as possible completions.
The fignore special parameter is not applied to
the resulting files. Note that -g is faster for
filenames.
-K function
Call the given function to get the completions.
The function is passed two arguments: the prefix
and the suffix of the word on which completion is
to be attempted, in other words those characters
before the cursor position, and those from the
cursor position onwards. The function should set
the variable reply to an array containing the com-
pletions (one completion per element); note that
reply should not be made local to the function.
From such a function the command line can be
accessed with the -c and -l flags to the read
builtin. For example,
function whoson { reply=(`users`); }
compctl -K whoson talk
completes only logged-on users after `talk'. Note
that `whoson' must return an array so that
"reply=`users`" is incorrect.
-H num pattern
The possible completions are taken from the last
num history lines. Only words matching pattern are
taken. If num is zero or negative the whole his-
tory is searched and if pattern is the empty
string all words are taken (as with `*'). A typi-
cal use is
compctl -D -f + -H 0 '' \
-X '(No file found; using history)'
which forces completion to look back in the his-
tory list for a word if no filename matches. The
explanation string is useful as it tells the user
that no file of that name exists, which is other-
wise ambiguous. (See the next section for -X).
Control flags
These do not directly specify types of name to be completed,
but manipulate the options that do:
-Q This instructs the shell not to quote any meta-
characters in the possible completions. Normally
the results of a completion are inserted into the
command line with any metacharacters quoted so
that they are interpreted as normal characters.
This is appropriate for filenames and ordinary
strings. However, for special effects, such as
inserting a backquoted expression from a comple-
tion array (-k) so that the expression will not be
evaluated until the complete line is executed,
this option must be used.
-P prefix
The prefix is inserted just before the completed
string; any initial part already typed will be
completed and the whole prefix ignored for comple-
tion purposes. For example,
compctl -j -P "%" kill
inserts a `%' after the kill command and then com-
pletes job names.
-S suffix
When a completion is found the suffix is inserted
after the completed string. In the case of menu
completion the suffix is inserted immediately, but
it is still possible to cycle through the list of
completions by repeatedly hitting the same key.
-q If used with a suffix as specified by the previous
option, this causes the suffix to be removed if
the next character typed is a blank or does not
insert anything (the same rule as used for the
AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH option). The option is most
useful for list separators (comma, colon, etc.).
-l cmd
This option cannot be combined with any other. It
restricts the range of command line words that are
considered to be arguments. If combined with one
of the extended completion patterns `p[...]',
`r[...]', or `R[...]' (see the section EXTENDED
COMPLETION below) the range is restricted to the
range of arguments specified in the brackets.
Completion is then performed as if these had been
given as arguments to the cmd supplied with the
option. If the cmd string is empty the first word
in the range is instead taken as the command name,
and command name completion performed on the first
word in the range. For example,
compctl -x 'r[-exec,;]' -l '' -- find
completes arguments between `-exec' and the fol-
lowing `;' (or the end of the command line if
there is no such string) as if they were a
separate command line.
-U Use the whole list of possible completions,
whether or not they actually match the word on the
command line. The word typed so far will be
deleted. This is most useful with a function
(given by the -K option) which can examine the
word components passed to it (or via the read
builtin's -c and -l flags) and use its own cri-
teria to decide what matches. If there is no com-
pletion, the original word is retained.
-X explanation
Print explanation when trying completion on the
current set of options. A `%n' in this string is
replaced by the number of matches.
ALTERNATIVE COMPLETION
compctl [ -CDT ] options + options [ + ... ] [ + ] command
...
The form with `+' specifies alternative options. Completion
is tried with the options before the first `+'. If this pro-
duces no matches completion is tried with the flags after
the `+' and so on. If there are no flags after the last `+'
and a match has not been found up to that point, default
completion is tried.
EXTENDED COMPLETION
compctl [ -CDT ] options -x pattern options - ... -- [ com-
mand ... ]
compctl [ -CDT ] options [ -x pattern options - ... -- ]
[ + options [ -x ... -- ] ... [+] ] [ command ... ]
The form with `-x' specifies extended completion for the
commands given; as shown, it may be combined with alterna-
tive completion using +. Each pattern is examined in turn;
when a match is found, the corresponding options, as
described in the section OPTION FLAGS above, are used to
generate possible completions. If no pattern matches, the
options given before the -x are used.
Note that each pattern should be supplied as a single argu-
ment and should be quoted to prevent expansion of metachar-
acters by the shell.
A pattern is built of sub-patterns separated by commas; it
matches if at least one of these sub-patterns matches (they
are `or'ed'). These sub-patterns are in turn composed of
other sub-patterns separated by white spaces which match if
all of the sub-patterns match (they are `and'ed'). An ele-
ment of the sub-patterns is of the form `c[...][...]', where
the pairs of brackets may be repeated as often as necessary,
and matches if any of the sets of brackets match (an `or').
The example below makes this clearer.
The elements may be any of the following:
s[string] ...
Matches if the current word on the command line
starts with one of the strings given in brackets.
The string is not removed and is not part of the
completion.
S[string] ...
Like s[string] except that the string is part of
the completion.
p[from,to] ...
Matches if the number of the current word is
between one of the from and to pairs inclusive.
The comma and to are optional; to defaults to the
same value as from. The numbers may be negative:
-n refers to the n'th last word on the line.
c[offset,string] ...
Matches if the string matches the word offset by
offset from the current word position. Usually
offset will be negative.
C[offset,pattern] ...
Like c but using pattern matching instead.
w[index,string] ...
Matches if the word in position index is equal to
the corresponding string. Note that the word
count is made after any alias expansion.
W[index,pattern] ...
Like w but using pattern matching instead.
n[index,string] ...
Matches if the current word contains string. Any-
thing up to and including the index'th occurrence
of this string will not be considered part of the
completion, but the rest will. Index may be nega-
tive to count from the end: in most cases, index
will be 1 or -1.
N[index,string] ...
Like n[index,string] except that the string will
be taken as a character class. Anything up to and
including the index'th occurrence of any of the
characters in string will not be considered part
of the completion.
m[min,max] ...
Matches if the total number of words lies between
min and max inclusive.
r[str1,str2]...
Matches if the cursor is after a word with prefix
str1. If there is also a word with prefix str2 on
the command line it matches only if the cursor is
before this word.
R[str1,str2]...
Like r but using pattern matching instead.
EXAMPLE
compctl -u -x 's[+] c[-1,-f],s[-f+]' -g '~/Mail/*(:t)' \
- 's[-f],c[-1,-f]' -f -- mail
This is to be interpreted as follows:
If the current command is mail, then
if ((the current word begins with + and the previous
word is -f) or (the current word begins with -f+)),
then complete the non-directory part (the :t glob
modifier) of files in the directory ~/Mail; else
if the current word begins with -f or the previous word
was -f, then complete any file; else
complete user names.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshparam - zsh parameters
DESCRIPTIONS
A parameter has a name, a value, and a number of attributes.
A name may be any sequence of alphanumeric characters and
_'s, or the single characters *, @, #, ?, -, $, or !. The
value may be either a scalar (a string), an integer, or an
array. To assign a scalar or integer value to a parameter,
use the typeset builtin. To assign an array value, use set
-A name value .... The value of a parameter may also be
assigned by writing:
name=value ...
If the integer attribute, -i, is set for name, the value is
subject to arithmetic evaluation.
The value of an array parameter may be assigned by writing:
name=(value ...) ...
Individual elements of an array may be selected using a sub-
script. A subscript of the form [exp] selects the single
element exp, where exp is an arithmetic expression which
will be subject to arithmetic expansion as if it were sur-
rounded by "$((...))". The elements are numbered beginning
with 1 unless the KSH_ARRAYS option is set when they are
numbered from zero.
A subscript of the form [*] or [@] evaluates to all elements
of an array; there is no difference between the two except
when they appear within double quotes. "$foo[*]" evaluates
to "$foo[1] $foo[2] ...", while "$foo[@]" evaluates to
"$foo[1]" "$foo[2]", etc.
A subscript of the form [exp1,exp2] selects all elements in
the range exp1 to exp2, inclusive. If one of the subscripts
evaluates to a negative number, say -n, then the nth element
from the end of the array is used. Thus "$foo[-3]" is the
third element from the end of the array foo, and "$foo[1,-
1]" is the same as "$foo[*]".
Subscripting may also be performed on non-array values, in
which case the subscripts specify a substring to be
extracted. For example, if FOO is set to foobar, then echo
$FOO[2,5] prints ooba.
Subscripts may be used inside braces used to delimit a
parameter name, thus ${foo[2]} is equivalent to $foo[2]. If
the KSH_ARRAYS option is set, the braced form is the only
one that will work, the subscript otherwise not being
treated specially.
If a subscript is used on the left side of an assignment the
selected range is replaced by the expression on the right
side.
If the opening bracket or the comma is directly followed by
an opening parentheses the string up to the matching closing
one is considered to be a list of flags. The flags currently
understood are:
e this option has no effect and retained for back-
ward compatibility only
w if the parameter subscripted is a scalar than this
flag makes subscription work on a per-word basis
instead of characters
s:string:
this gives the string that separates words (for
use with the w flag)
p Recognize the same escape sequences as the print
builtin in the string argument of a subsequent s
flag.
f if the parameter subscripted is a scalar than this
flag makes subscription work on a per-line basis
instead of characters. This is a shorthand for
pws:\n:.
r if this flag is given the exp is taken as a pat-
tern and the result is the first matching array
element, substring or word (if the parameter is an
array, if it is a scalar, or if it is a scalar and
the w flag is given, respectively); note that this
is like giving a number: $foo[(r)??,3] and
$foo[(r)??,(r)f*] work
R like r, but gives the last match
i like r, but gives the index of the match instead;
this may not be combined with a second argument
I like i, but gives the index of the last match
n:expr:
if combined with r, R, , or I, makes them give the
n'th or n'th last match (if expr evaluates to n)
Positional Parameters
Positional parameters are set by the shell on invocation, by
the set builtin, or by direct assignment. The parameter n,
where n is a number, is the nth positional parameter. The
parameters *, @, and argv are arrays containing all the
positional parameters; thus argv[n], etc. is equivalent to
simply n.
Special Parameters
The following parameters are automatically set by the shell:
! The process id of the last background command
invoked.
# The number of positional parameters in decimal.
ARGC Same as #. It has no special meaning in sh/ksh
compatibility mode.
$ The process id of this shell.
- Flags supplied to the shell on invocation or by
the set or setopt commands.
* An array containing the positional parameters.
argv Same as *. It has no special meaning in sh/ksh
compatibility mode.
@ Same as argv[@] but it can be used in sh/ksh com-
patibility mode.
? The exit value returned by the last command.
status
Same as ?. It has no special meaning in sh/ksh
compatibility mode.
_ The last argument of the previous command. Also,
this parameter is set in the environment of every
command executed to the full pathname of the com-
mand.
EGID The effective group id of the shell process. If
you have sufficient privileges, you may change the
effective group id of the shell process by assign-
ing to this parameter. Also (assuming sufficient
privileges), you may start a single command with a
different effective group id by:
(EGID=egid ; command)
EUID The effective user id of the shell process. If
you have sufficient privileges, you may change the
effective user id of the shell process by assign-
ing to this parameter. Also (assuming sufficient
privileges), you may start a single command with a
different effective user id by:
(EUID=euid ; command)
ERRNO
The value of errno as set by the most recently
failed system call. This value is system depen-
dent and is intended for debugging purposes.
GID The group id of the shell process. If you have
sufficient privileges, you may change the group id
of the shell process by assigning to this parame-
ter. Also (assuming sufficient privileges), you
may start a single command under a different group
id by:
(GID=gid ; command)
HOST The current hostname.
LINENO
The line number of the current line within the
current script being executed.
LOGNAME
If the corresponding variable is not set in the
environment of the shell, it is initialized to the
login name corresponding to the current login ses-
sion. This parameter is exported by default but
this can be disabled using the typeset builtin.
MACHTYPE
The machine type (microprocessor class or machine
model), as determined at compile time.
OLDPWD
The previous working directory.
OPTARG
The value of the last option argument processed by
the getopts command.
OPTIND
The index of the last option argument processed by
the getopts command.
OSTYPE
The operating system, as determined at compile
time.
PPID The process id of the parent of the shell.
PWD The present working directory.
RANDOM
A random integer from 0 to 32767, newly generated
each time this parameter is referenced. The ran-
dom number generator can be seeded by assigning a
numeric value to RANDOM.
SECONDS
The number of seconds since shell invocation. If
this parameter is assigned a value, then the value
returned upon reference will be the value that was
assigned plus the number of seconds since the
assignment.
SHLVL
Incremented by one each time a new shell is
started.
signals
An array containing the names of the signals.
TTY The name of the tty associated with the shell, if
any.
TTYIDLE
The idle time of the tty associated with the shell
in seconds or -1 if there is no such tty.
UID The user id of the shell process. If you have
sufficient privileges, you may change the user id
of the shell by assigning to this parameter. Also
(assuming sufficient privileges), you may start a
single command under a different user id by:
(UID=uid ; command)
USERNAME
The username corresponding to the user id of the
shell process. If you have sufficient privileges,
you may change the username (and also the user id
and group id) of the shell by assigning to this
parameter. Also (assuming sufficient privileges),
you may start a single command under a different
username (and user id and group id) by:
(USERNAME=username ; command)
VENDOR
The vendor, as determined at compile time.
ZSHNAME
Expands to the basename of the command used to
invoke this instance of zsh.
ZSH_NAME
Expands to the basename of the command used to
invoke this instance of zsh.
ZSH_VERSION
The version number of this zsh.
The following parameters are used by the shell:
ARGV0
If exported, it's value is used as argv[0] of
external commands. Usually used in constructs
like 'ARGV0=emacs nethack'.
BAUD The baud rate of the current connection. Used by
the line editor update mechanism to compensate for
a slow terminal by delaying updates until neces-
sary. This may be profitably set to a lower value
in some circumstances, e.g. for slow modems dial-
ing into a communications server which is con-
nected to a host via a fast link; in this case,
this variable would be set by default to the speed
of the fast link, and not the modem. This parame-
ter should be set to the baud rate of the slowest
part of the link for best performance. The compen-
sation mechanism can be turned off by setting the
variable to zero.
cdpath (CDPATH)
An array (colon-separated list) of directories
specifying the search path for the cd command.
COLUMNS
The number of columns for this terminal session.
Used for printing select lists and for the line
editor.
DIRSTACKSIZE
The maximum size of the directory stack. If the
stack gets larger than this, it will be truncated
automatically. This is useful with the AUTO_PUSHD
option.
FCEDIT
The default editor for the fc builtin.
fignore (FIGNORE)
An array (colon separated list) containing the
suffixes of files to be ignored during filename
completion. However, if the completion generates
only files which would match if this variable
would be ignored, than these files are completed
anyway.
fpath (FPATH)
An array (colon separated list) of directories
specifying the search path for function defini-
tions. This path is searched when a function with
the -u attribute is referenced. If an executable
file is found, then it is read and executed in the
current environment.
histchars
Three characters used by the shell's history and
lexical analysis mechanism. The first character
signals the start of a history substitution
(default `!'). The second character signals the
start of a quick history substitution (default
`^'). The third character is the comment charac-
ter (default `#').
HISTCHARS
Same as histchars.
HISTFILE
The file to save the history in when an interac-
tive shell exits. If unset, the history is not
saved.
HISTSIZE
The maximum size of the history list.
HOME The default argument for the cd command.
IFS Internal field separators, normally space, tab,
and newline, that are used to separate words which
result from command or parameter substitution and
words read by the read builtin. Any characters
from the set space, tab and newline that appear in
the IFS are called IFS white space. One or more
IFS white space characters or one non-IFS white
space character together with any adjacent IFS
white space character delimit a field. If an IFS
white space character appears twice consecutively
in the IFS, this character is treated as if it
were not an IFS white space character.
KEYTIMEOUT
The time the shell waits, in hundredths of
seconds, for another key to be pressed when read-
ing bound multi-character sequences.
LANG This variable determines the locale category for
any category not specifically selected via a
variable starting with LC_.
LC_ALL
This variable overrides the value of the LANG
variable and the value of any of the other vari-
ables starting with LC_.
LC_COLLATE
This variable determines the locale category for
character collation information within ranges in
glob brackets and for sorting.
LC_CTYPE
This variable determines the locale category for
character handling functions.
LC_MESSAGES
This variable determines the language in which
messages should be written. Note that zsh does
not use message catalogs.
LC_TIME
This variable determines the locale category for
date and time formatting in promt escape
sequences.
LINES
The number of lines for this terminal session.
Used for printing select lists and for the line
editor.
LISTMAX
In the line editor, the number of filenames to
list without asking first. If set to zero, the
shell asks only if the top of the listing would
scroll off the screen.
LOGCHECK
The interval in seconds between checks for
login/logout activity using the watch parameter.
MAIL If this parameter is set and mailpath is not set,
the shell looks for mail in the specified file.
MAILCHECK
The interval in seconds between checks for new
mail.
mailpath (MAILPATH)
An array (colon-separated list) of filenames to
check for new mail. Each filename can be followed
by a ? and a message that will be printed. The
message will undergo parameter expansion, command
substitution and arithmetic substitution with the
variable $_ defined as the name of the file that
has changed. The default message is "You have new
mail." If an element is a directory instead of a
file the shell will recursively check every file
in every subdirectory of the element.
manpath (MANPATH)
An array (colon-separated list) whose value is not
used by the shell. The manpath array can be use-
ful, however, since setting it also sets MANPATH,
and vice versa.
NULLCMD
The command name to assume if a redirection is
specified with no command. Defaults to cat. For
sh/ksh-like behavior, change this to :. For csh-
like behavior, unset this parameter; the shell
will print an error message if null commands are
entered.
path (PATH)
An array (colon-separated list) of directories to
search for commands. When this parameter is set,
each directory is scanned and all files found are
put in a hash table.
POSTEDIT
This string is output whenever the line editor
exits. It usually contains termcap strings to
reset the terminal.
PS1 The primary prompt string, printed before a com-
mand is read; the default is "%m%# ". If the
escape sequence takes an optional integer, it
should appear between the '%' and the next charac-
ter of the sequence. The following escape
sequences are recognized:
%% A `%'.
%) A `)'.
%d
%/ Present working directory ($PWD).
%~ $PWD. If it has a named directory as its
prefix, that part is replaced by a ~ followed
by the name of the directory. If it starts
with $HOME, that part is replaced by a ~.
%c
%.
%C Trailing component of $PWD. An integer may
follow the '%' to get more than one com-
ponent. Unless %C is used, tilde expansion
is performed first.
%h
%! Current history event number
%M The full machine hostname.
%m The hostname up to the first '.'. An integer
may follow the '%' to specify how many com-
ponents of the hostname are desired.
%S (%s)
Start (stop) standout mode.
%U (%u)
Start (stop) underline mode.
%B (%b)
Start (stop) boldface mode.
%t
%@ Current time of day, in 12-hour, am/pm
format.
%T Current time of day, in 24-hour format.
%* Current time of day in 24-hour format, with
seconds.
%n $USERNAME.
%w The date in day-dd format.
%W The date in mm/dd/yy format.
%D The date in yy-mm-dd format.
%D{string}
string is formatted using the strftime func-
tion. See strftime(3) for more details, if
your system has it.
%l The line (tty) the user is logged in on.
%? The return code of the last command executed
just before the prompt.
%_ The status of the parser, i.e. the shell con-
structs (like `if' and `for') that have been
started on the command line. If given an
integer number that many strings will be
printed; zero or no integer means print as
many as there are.
%E Clears to end of line.
%# A '#' if the shell is running as root, a '%'
if not. Equivalent to %(#.#.%%).
%v The value of the first element of the $psvar
array parameter. Following the '%' with an
integer gives that element of the array.
%{...%}
Include a string as a literal escape
sequence. The string within the braces
should not change the cursor position.
%(x.true-text.false-text)
Specifies a ternary expression. The charac-
ter following the x is arbitrary; the same
character is used to separate the text for
the "true" result from that for the "false"
result. This separator may not appear in the
true-text, except as part of a % sequence. A
`)' may appear in the false-text as `%)'.
True-text and false-text may both contain
arbitrarily-nested escape sequences, includ-
ing further ternary expressions. The left
parenthesis may be preceded or followed by a
positive integer n, which defaults to zero.
The test character x may be any of the fol-
lowing:
c
.
~ True if the current path, with prefix
replacement, has at least n elements.
/
C True if the current absolute path has at
least n elements.
t True if the time in minutes is equal to
n.
T True if the time in hours is equal to n.
d True if the day of the month is equal to
n.
D True if the month is equal to n (January
= 0).
w True if the day of the week is equal to
n (Sunday = 0).
? True if the exit status of the last com-
mand was n.
# True if the effective uid of the current
process is n.
g True if the effective gid of the current
process is n.
L True if the SHLVL parameter is at least
n.
S True if the SECONDS parameter is at
least n.
v True if the array psvar has at least n
elements.
_ True if at least n shell constructs were
started.
%<string<
%>string>
%[xstring]
Specifies truncation behaviour. The third
form is equivalent to `%xstringx', i.e. x may
be `<' or `>'. The numeric argument, which
in the third form may appear immediately
after the `[', specifies the maximum permit-
ted length of the various strings that can be
displayed in the prompt. If this integer is
zero, or missing, truncation is disabled.
Truncation is initially disabled. The forms
with `<' truncate at the left of the string,
and the forms with `>' truncate at the right
of the string. For example, if the current
directory is `/home/pike', the prompt
`%8<..<%/' will expand to `..e/pike'. The
string will be displayed in place of the
truncated portion of any string. In this
string, the terminating character (`<', `>'
or `]'), or in fact any character, may be
quoted by a preceding `\'. % sequences are
not treated specially. If the string is
longer than the specified truncation length,
it will appear in full, completely replacing
the truncated string.
PS2 The secondary prompt, printed when the shell needs
more information to complete a command. Recog-
nizes the same escape sequences as $PS1. The
default is "%_> ", which displays any shell con-
structs or quotation marks which are currently
being processed.
PS3 Selection prompt used within a select loop.
Recognizes the same escape sequences as $PS1. The
default is "?# ".
PS4 The execution trace prompt. Default is "+ ".
PROMPT
PROMPT2
PROMPT3
PROMPT4
Same as PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4, respectively.
These parameters do not have any special meaning
in sh/ksh compatibility mode.
psvar (PSVAR)
An array (colon-separated list) whose first nine
values can be used in PROMPT strings. Setting
psvar also sets PSVAR, and vice versa.
prompt
Same as PS1. It has no special meaning in sh/ksh
compatibility mode.
READNULLCMD
The command name to assume if a single input
redirection is specified with no command.
Defaults to more.
REPORTTIME
If nonnegative, commands whose combined user and
system execution times (measured in seconds) are
greater than this value have timing statistics
printed for them.
RPROMPT
RPS1 This prompt is displayed on the right-hand side of
the screen when the primary prompt is being
displayed on the left. This does not work if the
SINGLELINEZLE option is set. Recognizes the same
escape sequences as PROMPT.
SAVEHIST
The maximum number of history events to save in
the history file.
SPROMPT
The prompt used for spelling correction. The
sequence %R expands to the string which presumably
needs spelling correction, and %r expands to the
proposed correction. All other PROMPT escapes are
also allowed.
STTY If this parameter is set in a command's environ-
ment, the shell runs the stty command with the
value of this parameter as arguments in order to
set up the terminal before executing the command.
The modes apply only to the command, and are reset
when it finishes or is suspended. If the command
is suspended and continued later with the fg or
wait builtins it will see the modes specified by
STTY, as if it were not suspended. This (inten-
tionally) does not apply if the command is contin-
ued via "kill -CONT". STTY is ignored if the com-
mand is run in the background, or if it is in the
environment of the shell but not explicitly
assigned to in the input line. This avoids running
stty at every external command by accidentally
exporting it. Also note that STTY should not be
used for window size specifications; these will
not be local to the command.
TIMEFMT
The format of process time reports with the time
keyword. The default is "%E real %U user %S
system %P %J". Recognizes the following escape
sequences:
%% A `%'.
%U CPU seconds spent in user mode.
%S CPU seconds spent in kernel mode.
%E Elapsed time in seconds.
%P The CPU percentage, computed as (%U+%S)/%E.
%J The name of this job.
A star may be inserted between the percent sign and
flags printing time. This cause the time to be printed
in hh:mm:ss.ttt format (hours and minutes are only
printed if they are not zero).
TMOUT
If this parameter is nonzero, the shell will
receive an ALRM signal if a command is not entered
within the specified number of seconds after issu-
ing a prompt. If there is a trap on SIGALRM, it
will be executed and a new alarm is scheduled
using the value of the TMOUT parametr after exe-
cecuting the trap. If no trap is set, and the idle
time of the terminal is not less than the value of
the TMOUT parameter, zsh terminates. Otherwise a
new alarm is scheduled to TMOUT seconds after the
last keypress.
TMPPREFIX
A pathname prefix which the shell will use for all
temporary files. Note that this should include an
initial part for the file name as well as any
directory names. The default is /tmp/zsh.
watch (WATCH)
An array (colon-separated list) of login/logout
events to report. If it contains the single word
"all", then all login/logout events are reported.
If it contains the single word "notme", then all
events are reported as with "all" except $USER-
NAME. An entry in this list may consist of a
username, an `@' followed by a remote hostname,
and a `%' followed by a line (tty). Any or all of
these components may be present in an entry; if a
login/logout event matches all of them, it is
reported.
WATCHFMT
The format of login/logout reports if the watch
parameter is set. Default is "%n has %a %l from
%m." Recognizes the following escape sequences:
%n The name of the user that logged in/out.
%a The observed action, i.e. "logged on" or
"logged off".
%l The line (tty) the user is logged in on.
%M The full hostname of the remote host.
%m The hostname up to the first ".". If only
the ip address is available or the utmp field
contains the name of an X-windows display,
the whole name is printed.
NOTE:
The %m and %M escapes will work only if there
is a host name field in the utmp on your
machine. Otherwise they are treated as ordi-
nary strings.
%S (%s)
Start (stop) standout mode.
%U (%u)
Start (stop) underline mode.
%B (%b)
Start (stop) boldface mode.
%t
%@ The time, in 12-hour, am/pm format.
%T The time, in 24-hour format.
%w The date in day-dd format.
%W The date in mm/dd/yy format.
%D The date in yy-mm-dd format.
%(x:true-text:false-text)
Specifies a ternary expression. The charac-
ter following the x is arbitrary; the same
character is used to separate the text for
the "true" result from that for the "false"
result. Both the separator and the right
parenthesis may be escaped with a backslash.
Ternary expressions may be nested.
The test character x may be any one of l, n,
m, or M, which indicate a "true" result if
the corresponding escape sequence would
return a non-empty value; or may be a, which
indicates a "true" result if the watched user
has logged in, or "false" if he has logged
out. Other characters evaluate to neither
true nor false; the entire expression is
omitted in this case.
If the result is "true", then the true-text
is formatted according to the rules above and
printed, and the false-text is skipped. If
"false", the true-text is skipped and the
false-text is formatted and printed. Either
or both of the branches may be empty, but
both separators must be present in any case.
WORDCHARS
A list of nonalphanumeric characters considered
part of a word by the line editor.
ZDOTDIR
The directory to search for shell startup files
(.zshrc, etc), if not $HOME.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshzle - zsh command line editor
DESCRIPTION
If the ZLE option is set (it is by default) and the shell
input is attached to the terminal, the user is allowed to
edit command lines.
There are two display modes. The first, multiline mode, is
the default. It only works if the TERM parameter is set to
a valid terminal type that can move the cursor up. The
second, single line mode, is used if TERM is invalid or
incapable of moving the cursor up, or if the SINGLE_LINE_ZLE
option is set. This mode is similar to ksh, and uses no
termcap sequences. If TERM is "emacs", the ZLE option will
be unset by the shell.
Bindings
Command bindings may be set using the bindkey builtin.
There are two keymaps-the main keymap and the alternate key-
map. The alternate keymap is bound to vi command mode. The
main keymap is bound to emacs mode by default. To bind the
main keymap to vi insert mode, use bindkey -v. However, if
one of the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables contain
the string vi when the shell starts up the main keymap will
be bound to vi insert mode by default.
The following is a list of all the key commands and their
default bindings in emacs mode, vi command mode and vi
insert mode.
Movement
vi-backward-blank-word (unbound) (B) (unbound)
Move backward one word, where a word is defined as a
series of non-blank characters.
backward-char (^B ESC-[D) (unbound) (unbound)
Move backward one character.
vi-backward-char (unbound) (^H h ^?) (unbound)
Move backward one character, without changing lines.
backward-word (ESC-B ESC-b) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the beginning of the previous word.
emacs-backward-word
Move to the beginning of the previous word.
vi-backward-word (unbound) (b) (unbound)
Move to the beginning of the previous word, vi-style.
beginning-of-line (^A) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the beginning of the line. If already at the
beginning of the line, move to the beginning of the
previous line, if any.
vi-beginning-of-line
Move to the beginning of the line, without changing
lines.
end-of-line (^E) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the end of the line. If already at the end of
the line, move to the end of the next line, if any.
vi-end-of-line (unbound) ($) (unbound)
Move to the end of the line. If an argument is given
to this command, the cursor will be moved to the end of
the line (argument - 1) lines down.
vi-forward-blank-word (unbound) (W) (unbound)
Move forward one word, where a word is defined as a
series of non-blank characters.
vi-forward-blank-word-end (unbound) (E) (unbound)
Move to the end of the current word, or, if at the end
of the current word, to the end of the next word, where
a word is defined as a series of non-blank characters.
forward-char (^F ESC-[C) (unbound) (unbound)
Move forward one character.
vi-forward-char (unbound) (space l) (unbound)
Move forward one character.
vi-find-next-char (^X^F) (f) (unbound)
Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the
next occurrence of it in the line.
vi-find-next-char-skip (unbound) (t) (unbound)
Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the
position just before the next occurrence of it in the
line.
vi-find-prev-char (unbound) (F) (unbound)
Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the
previous occurrence of it in the line.
vi-find-prev-char-skip (unbound) (T) (unbound)
Read a character from the keyboard, and move to the
position just after the previous occurrence of it in
the line.
vi-first-non-blank (unbound) (^) (unbound)
Move to the first non-blank character in the line.
vi-forward-word (unbound) (w) (unbound)
Move forward one word, vi-style.
forward-word (ESC-F ESC-f) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the beginning of the next word. The editor's
idea of a word is specified with the WORDCHARS parame-
ter.
emacs-forward-word
Move to the end of the next word.
vi-forward-word-end (unbound) (e) (unbound)
Move to the end of the next word.
vi-goto-column (ESC-|) (|) (unbound)
Move to the column specified by the numeric argument.
vi-goto-mark (unbound) (`) (unbound)
Move to the specified mark.
vi-goto-mark-line (unbound) (') (unbound)
Move to beginning of the line containing the specified
mark.
vi-repeat-find (unbound) (;) (unbound)
Repeat the last vi-find command.
vi-rev-repeat-find (unbound) (,) (unbound)
Repeat the last vi-find command in the opposite direc-
tion.
History
beginning-of-buffer-or-history (ESC-<) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the beginning of the buffer, or if already
there, move to the first event in the history list.
beginning-of-line-hist
Move to the beginning of the line. If already at the
beginning of the buffer, move to the previous history
line.
beginning-of-history
Move to the first event in the history list.
down-line-or-history (^N ESC-[B) (j) (unbound)
Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the
bottom line, move to the next event in the history
list.
vi-down-line-or-history (unbound) (+) (unbound)
Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the
bottom line, move to the next event in the history
list. Then move to the first non-blank character on
the line.
down-line-or-search
Move down a line in the buffer, or if already at the
bottom line, search forward in the history for a line
beginning with the first word in the buffer.
down-history (unbound) (^N) (unbound)
Move to the next event in the history list.
history-beginning-search-backward
Search backward in the history for a line beginning
with the current line up to the cursor. This leaves
the cursor in its original position.
end-of-buffer-or-history (ESC->) (unbound) (unbound)
Move to the end of the buffer, or if already there,
move to the last event in the history list.
end-of-line-hist
Move to the end of the line. If already at the end of
the buffer, move to the next history line.
end-of-history
Move to the last event in the history list.
vi-fetch-history (unbound) (G) (unbound)
Fetch the history line specified by the numeric argu-
ment. This defaults to the current history line (i.e.
the one that isn't history yet).
history-incremental-search-
backward (^R ^Xr) (unbound) (unbound)
Search backward incrementally for a specified string.
The search is case-insensitive if the search string
does not have uppercase letters and no numeric argument
was given. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the
search to the beginning of the line. A restricted set
of editing functions is available in the mini-buffer.
An interrupt signal, as defined by the stty setting,
will stop the search and go back to the original line.
An undefined key will have the same effect. The sup-
ported functions are: backward-delete-char, vi-
backward-delete-char, clear-screen, redisplay, quoted-
insert, vi-quoted-insert, accept-and-hold, accept-and-
infer-next-history, accept-line and accept-line-and-
down-history; magic-space just inserts a space. vi-
cmd-mode toggles between the main and alternate key
bindings; the main key bindings (insert mode) will be
selected initially. Any string that is bound to an
out-string (via bindkey -s) will behave as if out-
string were typed directly. Typing the binding of
history-incremental-search-backward will get the next
occurrence of the contents of the mini-buffer. Typing
the binding of history-incremental-search-forward
inverts the sense of the search. vi-repeat-search and
vi-rev-repeat-search are similarly supported. The
direction of the search is indicated in the mini-
buffer. Any multi-character string that is not bound
to one of the above functions will beep and interrupt
the search, leaving the last found line in the buffer.
Any single character that is not bound to one of the
above functions, or self-insert or self-insert-unmeta,
will have the same effect but the function will be exe-
cuted.
history-incremental-search-
forward (^S ^Xs) (unbound) (unbound)
Search forward incrementally for a specified string.
The search is case-insensitive if the search string
does not have uppercase letters and no numeric argument
was given. The string may begin with `^' to anchor the
search to the beginning of the line. The functions
available in the mini-buffer are the same as for
history-incremental-search-backward.
history-search-backward (ESC-P ESC-p) (unbound) (unbound)
Search backward in the history for a line beginning
with the first word in the buffer.
vi-history-search-backward (unbound) (/) (unbound)
Search backward in the history for a specified string.
The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to
the beginning of the line. A restricted set of editing
functions is available in the mini-buffer. An interrupt
signal, as defined by the stty setting, will stop the
search. The functions available in the mini-buffer
are: accept-line, vi-cmd-mode (treated the same as
accept-line), backward-delete-char, vi-backward-
delete-char, backward-kill-word, vi-backward-kill-word,
clear-screen, redisplay, magic-space (treated as a
space), quoted-insert and vi-quoted-insert. Any string
that is bound to an out-string (via bindkey -s) will
behave as if out-string were typed directly. Any other
character that is not bound to self-insert or self-
insert-unmeta will beep and be ignored. If the function
is called from vi command mode, the bindings of the
current insert mode will be used.
history-search-forward (ESC-N ESC-n) (unbound) (unbound)
Search forward in the history for a line beginning with
the first word in the buffer.
vi-history-search-forward (unbound) (?) (unbound)
Search forward in the history for a specified string.
The string may begin with `^' to anchor the search to
the beginning of the line. The functions available in
the mini-buffer are the same as for vi-history-search-
backward.
infer-next-history (^X^N) (unbound) (unbound)
Search in the history list for a line matching the
current one and fetch the event following it.
insert-last-word (ESC-_ ESC-.) (unbound) (unbound)
Insert the last word from the previous history event at
the cursor position. If a positive numeric argument is
given, insert that word from the end of the previous
history event. If the argument is zero or negative
insert that word from the left (zero inserts the previ-
ous command word).
vi-repeat-search (unbound) (n) (unbound)
Repeat the last vi history search.
vi-rev-repeat-search (unbound) (N) (unbound)
Repeat the last vi history search, but in reverse.
up-line-or-history (^P ESC-[A) (k) (unbound)
Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top
line, move to the previous event in the history list.
vi-up-line-or-history (unbound) (-) (unbound)
Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top
line, move to the previous event in the history list.
Then move to the first non-blank character on the line.
up-line-or-search
Move up a line in the buffer, or if already at the top
line, search backward in the history for a line begin-
ning with the first word in the buffer.
up-history (unbound) (^P) (unbound)
Move to the previous event in the history list.
history-beginning-search-forward
Search forward in the history for a line beginning with
the current line up to the cursor. This leaves the
cursor in its original position.
Modifying Text
vi-add-eol (unbound) (A) (unbound)
Move to the end of the line and enter insert mode.
vi-add-next (unbound) (a) (unbound)
Enter insert mode after the current cursor position,
without changing lines.
backward-delete-char (^H ^?) (unbound) (unbound)
Delete the character behind the cursor.
vi-backward-delete-char (unbound) (X) (^H)
Delete the character behind the cursor, without chang-
ing lines. If in insert mode, this won't delete past
the point where insert mode was last entered.
backward-delete-word
Delete the word behind the cursor.
backward-kill-line
Kill from the beginning of the line to the cursor posi-
tion.
backward-kill-word (^W ESC-^H ESC-^?) (unbound) (unbound)
Kill the word behind the cursor.
vi-backward-kill-word (unbound) (unbound) (^W)
Kill the word behind the cursor, without going past the
point where insert mode was last entered.
capitalize-word (ESC-C ESC-c) (unbound) (unbound)
Capitalize the current word and move past it.
vi-change (unbound) (c) (unbound)
Read a movement command from the keyboard, and kill
from the cursor position to the endpoint of the move-
ment. Then enter insert mode. If the command is vi-
change, change the current line.
vi-change-eol (unbound) (C) (unbound)
Kill to the end of the line and enter insert mode.
vi-change-whole-line (unbound) (S) (unbound)
Kill the current line and enter insert mode.
copy-region-as-kill (ESC-W ESC-w) (unbound) (unbound)
Copy the area from the cursor to the mark to the kill
buffer.
copy-prev-word (ESC-^_) (unbound) (unbound)
Duplicate the word behind the cursor.
vi-delete (unbound) (d) (unbound)
Read a movement command from the keyboard, and kill
from the cursor position to the endpoint of the move-
ment. If the command is vi-delete, kill the current
line.
delete-char
Delete the character under the cursor.
vi-delete-char (unbound) (x) (unbound)
Delete the character under the cursor, without going
past the end of the line.
delete-word
Delete the current word.
down-case-word (ESC-L ESC-l) (unbound) (unbound)
Convert the current word to all lowercase and move past
it.
kill-word (ESC-D ESC-d) (unbound) (unbound)
Kill the current word.
gosmacs-transpose-chars
Exchange the two characters behind the cursor.
vi-indent (unbound) (>) (unbound)
Indent a number of lines.
vi-insert (unbound) (i) (unbound)
Enter insert mode.
vi-insert-bol (unbound) (I) (unbound)
Move to the first non-blank character on the line and
enter insert mode.
vi-join (^X^J) (J) (unbound)
Join the current line with the next one.
kill-line (^K) (unbound) (unbound)
Kill from the cursor to the end of the line. If
already on the end of the line, kill the newline char-
acter.
vi-kill-line (unbound) (unbound) (^U)
Kill from the cursor back to wherever insert mode was
last entered.
vi-kill-eol (unbound) (D) (unbound)
Kill from the cursor to the end of the line.
kill-region
Kill from the cursor to the mark.
kill-buffer (^X^K) (unbound) (unbound)
Kill the entire buffer.
kill-whole-line (^U) (unbound) (unbound)
Kill the current line.
vi-match-bracket (^X^B) (%) (unbound)
Move to the bracket character (one of {}, (), or [])
that matches the one under the cursor. If the cursor
is not on a bracket character, move forward without
going past the end of the line to find one, and then go
to the matching bracket.
vi-open-line-above (unbound) (O) (unbound)
Open a line above the cursor and enter insert mode.
vi-open-line-below (unbound) (o) (unbound)
Open a line below the cursor and enter insert mode.
vi-oper-swap-case
Read a movement command from the keyboard, and swap the
case of all characters from the cursor position to the
endpoint of the movement. If the movement command is
vi-oper-swap-case, swap the case of all characters on
the current line.
overwrite-mode (^X^O) (unbound) (unbound)
Toggle between overwrite mode and insert mode.
vi-put-before (unbound) (P) (unbound)
Insert the contents of the kill buffer before the cur-
sor. If the kill buffer contains a sequence of lines
(as opposed to characters), paste it above the current
line.
vi-put-after (unbound) (p) (unbound)
Insert the contents of the kill buffer after the cur-
sor. If the kill buffer contains a sequence of lines
(as opposed to characters), paste it below the current
line.
quoted-insert (^V) (unbound) (unbound)
Insert the next character typed into the buffer
literally. An interrupt character will not be
inserted.
vi-quoted-insert (unbound) (unbound) (^Q ^V)
Display a `^' at the cursor position, and insert the
next character typed into the buffer literally. An
interrupt character will not be inserted.
quote-line (ESC-') (unbound) (unbound)
Quote the current line; that is, put a ' character at
the beginning and the end, and convert all ' characters
to '\''.
quote-region (ESC-") (unbound) (unbound)
Quote the region from the cursor to the mark.
vi-replace (unbound) (R) (unbound)
Enter overwrite mode.
vi-repeat-change (unbound) (.) (unbound)
Repeat the last vi mode text modification. If a count
was used with the modification, it is remembered. If a
count is given to this command, it overrides the remem-
bered count, and is remembered for future uses of this
command. The cut buffer specification is similarly
remembered.
vi-replace-chars (unbound) (r) (unbound)
Replace the character under the cursor with a character
read from the keyboard.
ters and some control characters)
self-
insert (printable characters) (unbound) (printable charac-
Put a character in the buffer at the cursor position.
self-insert-unmeta (ESC-^I ESC-^J ESC-
^M) (unbound) (unbound)
Put a character in the buffer after stripping the meta
bit and converting ^M to ^J.
vi-substitute (unbound) (s) (unbound)
Substitute the next character(s).
vi-swap-case (unbound) (~) (unbound)
Swap the case of the character under the cursor and
move past it.
transpose-chars (^T) (unbound) (unbound)
Exchange the two characters to the left of the cursor
if at end of line, else exchange the character under
the cursor with the character to the left.
transpose-words (ESC-T ESC-t) (unbound) (unbound)
Exchange the current word with the one before it.
vi-unindent (unbound) (<) (unbound)
Unindent a number of lines.
up-case-word (ESC-U ESC-u) (unbound) (unbound)
Convert the current word to all caps and move past it.
yank (^Y) (unbound) (unbound)
Insert the contents of the kill buffer at the cursor
position.
yank-pop (ESC-y) (unbound) (unbound)
Remove the text just yanked, rotate the kill-ring, and
yank the new top. Only works following yank or yank-
pop.
vi-yank (unbound) (y) (unbound)
Read a movement command from the keyboard, and copy the
region from the cursor position to the endpoint of the
movement into the kill buffer. If the command is vi-
yank, copy the current line.
vi-yank-whole-line (unbound) (Y) (unbound)
Copy the current line into the kill buffer.
vi-yank-eol
Copy the region from the cursor position to the end of
the line into the kill buffer. Arguably, this is what
Y should do in vi, but it isn't what it actually does.
Arguments
digit-argument (ESC-0..ESC-9) (1-9) (unbound)
Start a new numeric argument, or add to the current
one. See also vi-digit-or-beginning-of-line.
neg-argument (ESC--) (unbound) (unbound)
Changes the sign of the following argument.
universal-argument
Multiply the argument of the next command by 4.
Completion
accept-and-menu-complete
In a menu completion, insert the current completion
into the buffer, and advance to the next possible com-
pletion.
complete-word
Attempt completion on the current word.
delete-char-or-list (^D) (unbound) (unbound)
Delete the character under the cursor. If the cursor
is at the end of the line, list possible completions
for the current word.
expand-cmd-path
Expand the current command to its full pathname.
expand-or-complete (TAB) (unbound) (TAB)
Attempt shell expansion on the current word. If that
fails, attempt completion.
expand-or-complete-prefix
Attempt shell expansion on the current word upto cur-
sor.
expand-history (ESC-space ESC-!) (unbound) (unbound)
Perform history expansion on the edit buffer.
expand-word (^X*) (unbound) (unbound)
Attempt shell expansion on the current word.
list-choices (ESC-^D) (^D =) (^D)
List possible completions for the current word.
list-expand (^Xg ^XG) (^G) (^G)
List the expansion of the current word.
magic-space
Perform history expansion and insert a space into the
buffer. This is intended to be bound to space.
menu-complete
Like complete-word, except that menu completion is
used. See the MENU_COMPLETE option below.
menu-expand-or-complete
Like expand-or-complete, except that menu completion is
used.
reverse-menu-complete
See the MENU_COMPLETE option below.
Miscellaneous
accept-and-hold (ESC-A ESC-a) (unbound) (unbound)
Push the contents of the buffer on the buffer stack and
execute it.
accept-and-infer-next-history
Execute the contents of the buffer. Then search the
history list for a line matching the current one and
push the event following onto the buffer stack.
accept-line (^J ^M) (^J ^M) (^J ^M)
Execute the contents of the buffer.
accept-line-and-down-history (^O) (unbound) (unbound)
Execute the current line, and push the next history
event on the the buffer stack.
vi-cmd-mode (^X^V) (unbound) (^[)
Enter command mode; that is, use the alternate keymap.
Yes, this is bound by default in emacs mode.
vi-caps-lock-panic
Hang until any lowercase key is pressed. This is for
vi users without the mental capacity to keep track of
their caps lock key (like the author).
clear-screen (^L ESC-^L) (^L) (^L)
Clear the screen and redraw the prompt.
describe-key-briefly
Waits for a keypress then prints the function bound to
the pressed key.
exchange-point-and-mark (^X^X) (unbound) (unbound)
Exchange the cursor position with the position of the
mark.
execute-named-cmd (ESC-x) (unbound) (unbound)
Read the name of an editor command and execute it. A
restricted set of editing functions is available in the
mini-buffer. An interrupt signal, as defined by the
stty setting, will abort the function. The allowed
functions are: backward-delete-char, vi-backward-
delete-char, clear-screen, redisplay, quoted-insert,
vi-quoted-insert, kill-region (kills the last word),
backward-kill-word, vi-backward-kill-word, kill-whole-
line, vi-kill-line, backward-kill-line, list-choices,
delete-char-or-list, complete-word, expand-or-complete,
expand-or-complete-prefix, accept-line and vi-cmd-mode
(treated the same as accept-line). The space and tab
characters, if not bound to one of these functions,
will complete the name and then list the possibilities
if the AUTO_LIST option is set. Any string that is
bound to an out-string (via bindkey -s) will behave as
if out-string were typed directly. Any other character
that is not bound to self-insert or self-insert-unmeta
will beep and be ignored. If the function is called
from vi command mode, the bindings of the current
insert mode will be used.
execute-last-named-cmd (ESC-z) (unbound) (unbound)
Redo the last function executed with execute-named-cmd.
get-line (ESC-G ESC-g) (unbound) (unbound)
Pop the top line off the buffer stack and insert it at
the cursor position.
pound-insert (unbound) (#) (unbound)
If there is no # character at the beginning of the
buffer, add one to the beginning of each line. If
there is one, remove a # from each line that has one.
In either case, accept the current line. The
INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS option must be set for this to
have any usefulness.
vi-pound-insert
If there is no # character at the beginning of the
current line, add one. If there is one, remove it.
The INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS option must be set for this to
have any usefulness.
push-input
Push the entire current multiline construct onto the
buffer stack and return to the top-level (PS1) prompt.
If the current parser construct is only a single line,
this is exactly like push-line. Next time the editor
starts up or is popped with get-line, the construct
will be popped off the top of the buffer stack and
loaded into the editing buffer.
push-line (^Q ESC-Q ESC-q) (unbound) (unbound)
Push the current buffer onto the buffer stack and clear
the buffer. Next time the editor starts up, the buffer
will be popped off the top of the buffer stack and
loaded into the editing buffer.
push-line-or-edit
At the top-level (PS1) prompt, equivalent to push-line.
At a secondary (PS2) prompt, move the entire current
multiline construct into the editor buffer. The latter
is equivalent to push-input followed by get-line.
redisplay (unbound) (^R) (^R)
Redisplays the edit buffer.
send-break (^G ESC-^G) (unbound) (unbound)
Abort the current editor function, eg. execute-named-
command, or the editor itself, eg. if you are in vared.
Otherwise abort the parsing of the current line.
run-help (ESC-H ESC-h) (unbound) (unbound)
Push the buffer onto the buffer stack, and execute the
command "run-help cmd", where cmd is the current com-
mand. run-help is normally aliased to man.
vi-set-buffer (unbound) (") (unbound)
Specify a buffer to be used in the following command.
There are 35 buffers that can be specified: the 26
`named' buffers "a to "z and the nine `queued' buffers
"1 to "9. The named buffers can also be specified as
"A to "Z. When a buffer is specified for a cut com-
mand, the text being cut replaces the previous contents
of the specified buffer. If a named buffer is speci-
fied using a capital, the newly cut text is appended to
the buffer instead of overwriting it. If no buffer is
specified for a cut command, "1 is used, and the con-
tents of "1 to "8 are each shifted along one buffer;
the contents of "9 is lost.
vi-set-mark (unbound) (m) (unbound)
Set the specified mark at the cursor position.
set-mark-command (^@) (unbound) (unbound)
Set the mark at the cursor position.
spell-word (ESC-$ ESC-S ESC-s) (unbound) (unbound)
Attempt spelling correction on the current word.
undefined-key (lots o' keys) (lots o' keys) (unbound)
Beep.
undo (^_ ^Xu ^X^U) (unbound) (unbound)
Incrementally undo the last text modification.
vi-undo-change (unbound) (u) (unbound)
Undo the last text modification. If repeated, redo the
modification.
where-is
Read the name of an editor command and and print the
listing of key sequences that invoke the specified com-
mand.
which-command (ESC-?) (unbound) (unbound)
Push the buffer onto the buffer stack, and execute the
command "which-command cmd", where cmd is the current
command. which-command is normally aliased to whence.
vi-digit-or-beginning-of-line (unbound) (0) (unbound)
If the last command executed was a digit as part of an
argument, continue the argument. Otherwise, execute
vi-beginning-of-line.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
NAME
zshoptions - zsh options
SPECIFYING OPTIONS
Options are primarily referred to by name. These names are
case insensitive and underscores are ignored. For example,
"allexport" is equivalent to "A__lleXP_ort".
The sense of an option name may be inverted by preceding it
with "no", so "setopt No_Beep" is equivalent to "setopt
beep". This inversion can only be done once, so "nonobeep"
is not a synonym for "beep". Similarly, "tify" is not a
synonym for "nonotify" (the inversion of "notify").
Some options also have one or more single letter names.
There are two sets of single letter options: one used by
default, and another when the shell is emulating sh or ksh.
The single letter options can be used on the shell command
line, or with the set, setopt and unsetopt builtins, as nor-
mal Unix options preceded by -.
The sense of the single letter options may be inverted by
using + instead of -. Some of the single letter option
names refer to an option being off, in which case the inver-
sion of that name refers to the option being on. For exam-
ple, "+n" is the short name of "exec", and "-n" is the short
name of its inversion, "noexec".
DESCRIPTIONS
ALL_EXPORT (-a, ksh: -a)
All parameters subsequently defined are automati-
cally exported.
ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT
If unset, key functions that list completions try
to return to the last prompt if given a numeric
argument. If set these functions try to return to
the last prompt if given no numeric argument.
ALWAYS_TO_END
If a completion with the cursor in the word was
started and it results in only one match, the cur-
sor is placed at the end of the word.
APPEND_HISTORY
If this is set, zsh sessions will append their
history list to the history file, rather than
overwrite it. Thus, multiple parallel zsh sessions
will all have their history lists added to the
history file, in the order they are killed.
AUTO_CD (-J)
If a command is not in the hash table, and there
exists an executable directory by that name, per-
form the cd command to that directory.
AUTO_LIST (-9)
Automatically list choices on an ambiguous comple-
tion.
AUTO_MENU
Automatically use menu completion after the second
consecutive request for completion, for example by
pressing the TAB key repeatedly. This option is
overridden by MENU_COMPLETE.
AUTO_NAME_DIRS
Any parameter that is set to the absolute name of
a directory immediately becomes a name for that
directory in the usual form ~param. If this
option is not set, the parameter must be used in
that form for it to become a name (a command-line
completion is sufficient for this).
AUTO_PARAM_KEYS
If a parameter name was completed and the next
character typed is one of those that have to come
directly after the name (like `}', `:', etc.) they
are placed there automatically.
AUTO_PARAM_SLASH
If a parameter is completed whose content is the
name of a directory, then add a trailing slash.
AUTO_PUSHD (-N)
Make cd push the old directory onto the directory
stack.
AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH
When the last character resulting from a comple-
tion is a slash and the next character typed is a
word delimiter, remove the slash.
AUTO_RESUME (-W)
Treat single word simple commands without redirec-
tion as candidates for resumption of an existing
job.
BAD_PATTERN (+2)
If a pattern for filename generation is badly
formed, print an error. If this option is unset,
the pattern will be left unchanged.
BANG_HIST (+K)
Perform textual history substitution, treating the
character ! specially.
BEEP (+B)
Beep.
BG_NICE (-6)
Run all background jobs at a lower priority. This
option is set by default.
BRACE_CCL
Expand expressions in braces which would not oth-
erwise undergo brace expansion to a lexically
ordered list of all the characters. See the sec-
tion BRACE EXPANSION in the zshexpn manual page.
BSD_ECHO
Make the echo builtin compatible with the BSD
echo(1) command. This disables backslashed escape
sequences in echo strings unless the -e option is
specified.
CDABLE_VARS (-T)
If the argument to a cd command (or an implied cd
with the AUTO_CD option set) is not a directory,
and does not begin with a slash, try to expand the
expression as if it were preceded by a ~ (see
Filename Expansion above).
CHASE_LINKS (-w)
Resolve symbolic links to their true values.
CLOBBER (+C, ksh: +C)
Allows > redirection to truncate existing files,
and >> to create files. Otherwise >! must be used
to truncate a file, and >>! to create a file.
COMPLETE_ALIASES
If set, aliases on the command line are not inter-
nally substituted before completion is attempted.
COMPLETE_IN_WORD
If unset, the cursor is set to the end of the word
if completion is started. Otherwise it stays there
and completion is done from both ends.
CORRECT (-0)
Try to correct the spelling of commands.
CORRECT_ALL (-O)
Try to correct the spelling of all arguments in a
line.
CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY
A history reference without an event specifier
will always refer to the previous command.
CSH_JUNKIE_LOOPS
Allow loop bodies to take the form "list; end"
instead of "do list; done".
CSH_JUNKIE_QUOTES
Complain if a quoted expression runs off the end
of a line; prevent quoted expressions from con-
taining unescaped newlines.
CSH_NULL_GLOB
If a pattern for filename generation has no
matches, delete the pattern from the argument
list; do not report an error unless all the pat-
terns in a command have no matches. Overrides
NULL_GLOB.
EQUALS
Perform = filename substitution.
ERR_EXIT (-e, ksh: -e)
If a command has a non-zero exit status, execute
the ZERR trap, if set, and exit. This is disabled
while running initialization scripts.
EXEC (+n, ksh: +n)
Do execute commands. Without this option, com-
mands are read and checked for syntax errors, but
not executed.
EXTENDED_GLOB
Treat the #, ~ and ^ characters as part of pat-
terns for filename generation, etc. (An initial
unquoted ~ always produces named directory expan-
sion as in Filename Expansion above.)
EXTENDED_HISTORY
Save beginning and ending timestamps to the his-
tory file. The format of these timestamps is
:<beginning time>:<ending time>:<command>.
FLOW_CONTROL
If this option is unset, output flow control via
start/stop characters (usually assigned to ^S/^Q)
is disabled in the shell's editor.
FUNCTION_ARGZERO
When executing a shell function or sourcing a
script, set $0 temporarily to the name of the
function/script.
GLOB (+F, ksh: +f)
Perform filename generation.
GLOB_ASSIGN
If this option is set, filename generation (glob-
bing) is performed on the right hand side of
scalar parameter assignments of the form
name=pattern (e.g. `param=*'). If the result has
more than one word the parameter will become an
array with those words as arguments. This option
is provided for backwards compatibility only:
globbing is always performed on the right hand
side of array assignments of the form `name=(
value )' (e.g. `param=(*)') and this form is
recommended for clarity; with this option set, it
is not possible to predict whether the result will
be an array or a scalar.
GLOB_COMPLETE
When the current word has a glob pattern, do not
insert all the words resulting from the expansion
but cycle through them like MENU_COMPLETE. If no
matches are found, a `*' is added to the end of
the word or inserted at the cursor if
COMPLETE_IN_WORD is set, and expansion is
attempted again. Using patterns works not only for
files but for all completions, such as options,
user names, etc.
GLOB_DOTS (-4)
Do not require a leading . in a filename to be
matched explicitly.
GLOB_SUBST
Treat any characters resulting from parameter sub-
stitution as being eligible for file expansion and
filename generation, and any characters resulting
from command substitution as being eligible for
filename generation.
HASH_CMDS
Place the location of each command in the hash
table the first time it is executed. If this
option is unset, no path hashing will be done at
all.
HASH_DIRS
Whenever a command is executed, hash the directory
containing it, as well as all directories that
occur earlier in the path. Has no effect if
HASH_CMDS is unset.
HASH_LIST_ALL
Whenever a command completion is attempted, make
sure the entire command path is hashed first.
This makes the first completion slower.
HIST_ALLOW_CLOBBER
Add `|' to output redirections in the history.
This allows history references to clobber files
even when CLOBBER is unset.
HIST_BEEP
Beep when an attempt is made to access a history
entry which isn't there.
HIST_IGNORE_DUPS (-h)
Do not enter command lines into the history list
if they are duplicates of the previous event.
HIST_IGNORE_SPACE (-g)
Do not enter command lines into the history list
if any command on the line begins with a blank.
HIST_NO_STORE
Remove the history (fc -l) command from the his-
tory when invoked.
HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS
Remove superfluous whitespace from each command
line being added to the history list.
HIST_VERIFY
Whenever the user enters a line with history sub-
stitution, don't execute the line directly;
instead, perform history substitution and reload
the line into the editing buffer.
HUP Send the HUP signal to running jobs when the shell
exits.
IGNORE_BRACES (-I)
Do not perform brace expansion.
IGNORE_EOF (-7)
Do not exit on end-of-file. Require the use of
exit or logout instead.
INTERACTIVE (-i, ksh: -i)
This is an interactive shell. This option is set
upon initialisation if the standard input is a tty
and commands are being read from standard input.
(See the discussion of SHIN_STDIN.) This heuris-
tic may be overridden by specifying a state for
this option on the command line. The value of
this option cannot be changed anywhere other than
the command line.
INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS (-k)
Allow comments even in interactive shells.
KSH_ARRAYS
Emulate ksh array handling as closely as possible.
If this option is set, array elements are numbered
from zero, an array parameter without subscript
refers to the first element instead of the whole
array, and braces are required to delimit a sub-
script (``${path[2]}'' rather than just
``$path[2]'').
KSH_OPTION_PRINT
Alters the way options settings are printed.
LIST_AMBIGUOUS
If this option is set, completions are shown only
if the completions don't have a unambiguous prefix
or suffix that could be inserted in the command
line.
LIST_BEEP
Beep on an ambiguous completion.
LIST_TYPES (-X)
When listing files that are possible completions,
show the type of each file with a trailing identi-
fying mark.
LOCAL_OPTIONS
If this option is set at the point of return from
a shell function, all the options (including this
one) which were in force upon entry to the func-
tion are restored. Otherwise, only this option
and the XTRACE and PRINT_EXIT_VALUE options are
restored. Hence if this is explicitly unset by a
shell function the other options in force at the
point of return will remain so.
LOGIN (-l, ksh: -l)
This is a login shell.
LONG_LIST_JOBS (-R)
List jobs in the long format by default.
MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST
All unquoted arguments of the form
identifier=expression appearing after the command
name have filename expansion (that is, where
expression has a leading `~' or `=') performed on
expression as if it were a parameter assignment.
The argument is not otherwise treated specially:
in other words, it is subsequently treated as a
single word, not as an assignment.
MAIL_WARNING (-U)
Print a warning message if a mail file has been
accessed since the shell last checked.
MARK_DIRS (-8, ksh: -X)
Append a trailing / to all directory names result-
ing from filename generation (globbing).
MENU_COMPLETE (-Y)
On an ambiguous completion, instead of listing
possibilities or beeping, insert the first match
immediately. Then when completion is requested
again, remove the first match and insert the
second match, etc. When there are no more
matches, go back to the first one again.
reverse-menu-complete may be used to loop through
the list in the other direction. This option over-
rides AUTO_MENU.
MONITOR (-m, ksh: -m)
Allow job control. Set by default in interactive
shells.
MULTIOS
Perform implicit tees or cats when multiple
redirections are attempted (see the REDIRECTION
section).
NOMATCH (+3)
If a pattern for filename generation has no
matches, print an error, instead of leaving it
unchanged in the argument list. This also applies
to file expansion of an initial ~ or =.
NOTIFY (-5, ksh: -b)
Report the status of background jobs immediately,
rather than waiting until just before printing a
prompt.
NULL_GLOB (-G)
If a pattern for filename generation has no
matches, delete the pattern from the argument list
instead of reporting an error. Overrides NOMATCH.
NUMERIC_GLOB_SORT
If numeric filenames are matched by a filename
generation pattern, sort the filenames numerically
rather than lexicographically.
OVER_STRIKE
Start up the line editor in overstrike mode.
PATH_DIRS (-Q)
Perform a path search even on command names with
slashes in them. Thus if "/usr/local/bin" is in
the user's path, and he types "X11/xinit", the
command "/usr/local/bin/X11/xinit" will be exe-
cuted (assuming it exists). This applies to the .
builtin as well as to command execution. Commands
explicitly beginning with "./" or "../" are not
subject to path search.
POSIX_BUILTINS
When this option is set the command builtin can be
used to execute shell builtin commands. Parameter
assignments specified before shell functions and
special builtins are kept after the command com-
pletes unless the special builtin is prefixed with
the command builtin. Special builtins are ., :,
break, continue, declare, eval, exit, export,
integer, local, readonly, return, set, shift,
source, times, trap and unset.
PRINT_EIGHT_BIT
Print eight bit characters literally in completion
lists, etc. This option is not necessary if your
system correctly returns the printability of eight
bit characters (see ctype(3)).
PRINT_EXIT_VALUE (-1)
Print the exit value of programs with non-zero
exit status.
PRIVILEGED (-p, ksh: -p)
Turn on privileged mode. This is enabled automati-
cally on startup if the effective user (group) id
is not equal to the real user (group) id. Turning
this option off causes the effective user and
group ids to be set to the real user and group
ids. This option disables sourcing user startup
files. If zsh is invoked as sh or ksh with this
option set, /etc/suid_profile is sourced (after
/etc/profile on interactive shells). Sourcing
~/.profile is disabled and the contents of the ENV
variable is ignored. This option cannot be changed
using the -m option of setopt and unsetopt and
changing it inside a function always changes it
globally regardless of the LOCAL_OPTIONS option.
PROMPT_CR (+V)
Print a carriage return just before printing a
prompt in the line editor.
PROMPT_SUBST
If set, parameter expansion, command substitution
and arithmetic expansion is performed in prompts.
PUSHD_IGNORE_DUPS
Don't push multiple copies of the same directory
onto the directory stack.
PUSHD_MINUS
See popd below.
PUSHD_SILENT (-E)
Do not print the directory stack after pushd or
popd.
PUSHD_TO_HOME (-D)
Have pushd with no arguments act like pushd $HOME.
RC_EXPAND_PARAM (-P)
Array expansions of the form foo${xx}bar, where
the parameter xx is set to (a b c), are substi-
tuted with fooabar foobbar foocbar instead of the
default fooa b cbar.
RC_QUOTES
Allow the character sequence '' to signify a sin-
gle quote within singly quoted strings.
RCS (+f)
After /etc/zshenv is sourced on startup, source
the /etc/zshrc, .zshrc, /etc/zlogin, .zlogin, and
.zlogout files, as described in STARTUP/SHUTDOWN
FILES. If this option is unset, only the
/etc/zshenv file is sourced.
REC_EXACT (-S)
In completion, recognize exact matches even if
they are ambiguous.
RM_STAR_SILENT (-H)
Do not query the user before executing "rm *" or
"rm path/*".
SH_FILE_EXPANSION
Perform filename expansion (e.g., ~ expansion)
before parateter expansion, command substitution,
arithmetic expansion and brace expansion. If this
option is unset, it is performed after brace
expansion, so things like ``~$USERNAME''
``~{pfalstad,rc}'' will work.
SH_GLOB
Disables the special meaning of `(', `|', `)' and
'<' for globbing the result of parameter and com-
mand substitutions, and in some other places where
the shell accepts patterns. This option is set if
zsh is invoked as sh or ksh.
SHIN_STDIN (-s, ksh: -s)
Commands are being read from the standard input.
Commands are read from standard input if no com-
mand is specified with -c and no file of commands
is specified. If SHIN_STDIN is set explicitly on
the command line, any argument that would other-
wise have been taken as a file to run will instead
be treated as a normal positional parameter. Note
that setting or unsetting this option on the com-
mand line does not necessarily affect the state
the option will have while the shell is running -
that is purely an indicator of whether on not com-
mands are actually being read from standard input.
The value of this option cannot be changed any-
where other than the command line.
SH_OPTION_LETTERS
If this option is set the shell tries to interpret
single letter options (which are used with set and
setopt) like ksh does. This also affects the
value of the - special parameter.
SHORT_LOOPS
Allow the short forms of for, select, if, and
function constructs.
SH_WORD_SPLIT (-y)
See Parameter Expansion.
SINGLE_COMMAND (-t, ksh: -t)
If the shell is reading from standard input, it
exits after a single command has been executed.
This also makes the shell non-interactive, unless
the INTERACTIVE option is explicitly set on the
command line. The value of this option cannot be
changed anywhere other than the command line.
SINGLE_LINE_ZLE (-M)
Use single-line command line editing instead of
multi-line.
SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK (-L)
If a line ends with a backquote, and there are an
odd number of backquotes on the line, ignore the
trailing backquote. This is useful on some key-
boards where the return key is too small, and the
backquote key lies annoyingly close to it.
UNSET (+u, ksh: +u)
Treat unset parameters as if they were empty when
substituting. Otherwise they are treated as an
error.
VERBOSE (-v, ksh: -v)
Print shell input lines as they are read.
XTRACE (-x, ksh: -x)
Print commands and their arguments as they are
executed.
ZLE (-Z)
Use the zsh line editor.
SINGLE LETTER OPTIONS
Default set:
-0 CORRECT
-1 PRINT_EXIT_VALUE
+2 BAD_PATTERN
+3 NOMATCH
-4 GLOB_DOTS
-5 NOTIFY
-6 BG_NICE
-7 IGNORE_EOF
-8 MARK_DIRS
-9 AUTO_LIST
+B BEEP
+C CLOBBER
-D PUSHD_TO_HOME
-E PUSHD_SILENT
+F GLOB
-G NULL_GLOB
-H RM_STAR_SILENT
-I IGNORE_BRACES
-J AUTO_CD
+K BANG_HIST
-L SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK
-M SINGLE_LINE_ZLE
-N AUTO_PUSHD
-O CORRECT_ALL
-P RC_EXPAND_PARAM
-Q PATH_DIRS
-R LONG_LIST_JOBS
-S REC_EXACT
-T CDABLE_VARS
-U MAIL_WARNING
+V PROMPT_CR
-W AUTO_RESUME
-X LIST_TYPES
-Y MENU_COMPLETE
-Z ZLE
-a ALL_EXPORT
-e ERR_EXIT
+f RCS
-g HIST_IGNORE_SPACE
-h HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
-i INTERACTIVE
-k INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS
-l LOGIN
-m MONITOR
+n EXEC
-p PRIVILEGED
-s SHIN_STDIN
-t SINGLE_COMMAND
+u UNSET
-v VERBOSE
-w CHASE_LINKS
-x XTRACE
-y SH_WORD_SPLIT
sh/ksh emulation set:
+C CLOBBER
-X MARK_DIRS
-a ALL_EXPORT
-b NOTIFY
-e ERR_EXIT
+f GLOB
-i INTERACTIVE
-l LOGIN
-m MONITOR
+n EXEC
-p PRIVILEGED
-s SHIN_STDIN
-t SINGLE_COMMAND
+u UNSET
-v VERBOSE
-x XTRACE
Also note:
-A Used by set for setting arrays
-c Used on the command line to specify a single command
-m Used by setopt for pattern-matching option setting
-o Used in all places to allow use of long option names
Note that the use of -m in setopt and unsetopt, allowing the
specification of option names by glob patterns, clashes with
the use of -m for setting the MONITOR option.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
INVOCATION OPTIONS
If the -s flag is not present and an argument is given, the
first argument is taken to be the pathname of a script to
execute. The remaining arguments are assigned to the posi-
tional parameters. The following flags are interpreted by
the shell when invoked:
-c string
Read commands from string.
-i Force shell to be interactive.
-s Read command from the standard input.
STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FILES
Commands are first read from /etc/zshenv. If the RCS option
is unset within /etc/zshenv, all other initialization files
are skipped. Otherwise, commands are read from
$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv. (If ZDOTDIR is unset, HOME is used
instead). If the first character of argument zero passed to
the shell is -, or if the -l flag is present, then the shell
is assumed to be a login shell, and commands are read from
/etc/zprofile and then $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. Then, if the
shell is interactive, commands are read from /etc/zshrc and
then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc. Finally, if the shell is a login
shell, /etc/zloginfP and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin are read.
FILES
$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv
$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile
$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout
${TMPPREFIX}* (default is /tmp/zsh*)
/etc/zshenv
/etc/zprofile
/etc/zshrc
/etc/zlogin
/etc/zlogout
AUTHOR
Zsh was originally written by Paul Falstad <pjf@cts.com>.
Zsh is now maintained by the members of the zsh workers
mailing list zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu. The development
is currently coordinated by Zoltan Hidvegi
<hzoli@cs.elte.hu>.
SEE ALSO
sh(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), bash(1), ksh(1).
IEEE Standard for information Technology - Portable Operat-
ing System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities,
IEEE Inc, 1993, ISBN 1-55937-255-9.
NOTES
Source for zsh is available in the SUNWzshS package.
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