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One thing I've never been able to get iTerm to do that every other iTerm user seems to have setup almost automatically is how it ghosts the full completion of a

One thing I've never been able to get iTerm to do that every other iTerm user seems to have setup almost automatically is how it ghosts the full completion of a command you are typing (faded behind your live typing), presumably from your history, and then you can just tab to complete the whole thing. So many commands are repeated often and I've never been able to get mine to do this very basic feature.

baliex 8y ago
I thought that was a zsh thing rather than an iTerm2 thing. You can use zsh in iTerm2 though.
- hellofunk 8y ago
  Hm, that must mean everyone I know is using zsh and I didn't realize that... that strongly suggests I should use it too!
  - s3m4j 8y ago
    Zsh and fish are, imo, much better environments than bash. And bash, once tamed, due to its ubiquity, is a better choice for scripting.
    - minusf 8y ago
      not my choice. certainly less people suffer bash in the BSD world. while bashims may give additional features, readability and portability suffers. I much prefer scripts using a posixish #!/bin/sh and a strict subset of shell syntax. something like pdfx.
      - s3m4j 8y ago
        That's why I emphasized "choice", using sh for scripting is a valid choice.
    - h1d 8y ago
      People should realize terminal and scripting don't need to be done using same shell. I use fish for scripting but run zsh for terminal. (fish had couple weirdness in day to day terminal use and zsh could do pretty much all fish could do with zplug.)
  - AsyncAwait 8y ago
    Specifically, most people use oh-my-zsh, which is a preconfigured set of zsh plugins and various other settings[1] with the autosuggestions[2] plugin. 1 - https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh 2 - https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
    - canhascodez 8y ago
      oh-my-zsh has more than six hundred open pull requests, and can be considered unmaintained. It is perfectly usable in most respects, and I would not expect that to change in the near future. However, some competing projects have started because of that, and may be worth consideration. https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen See also: https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins
nikivi 8y ago
You can do this in Zsh: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
pd0wm 8y ago
You are probably referring to fish shell which has this feature (https://fishshell.com/ https://fishshell.com/). However, I find that zsh + ohmyzsh works just as well. After typing the beginning of a command you can use the arrow keys to cycle through all commands in the history with the same beginning. A third method for efficient history search is ctrl+r. Just press ctr+r and start typing part of the command. Then you press enter to execute or ctr+r to cycle through the history.
- hellofunk 8y ago
  ctr+r is a great tip!
  - patrec 8y ago
    It's worth getting used to your new discovery a bit first (C-r is isearch-backward), partly because it's useful in other places, too – for example ipython or any decent programming language shell has emacs-derived keybindings including isearch via readline or a clone. But after that, I'd suggest giving fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) a try.
- gtm1260 8y ago
  fish is nice but I've ran into too many issues where some weird shell command / script I find online is expecting to be in bash and I have to switch out of fish, so its hard for me to switch.
  - ufo 8y ago
    You can usually drop to a bash subshell for those
  - dagmx 8y ago
    As long as they don't need to be sourced, you can just add a shebang for bash at the top of the scripts and run them via bash.
    - 8y ago
tny 8y ago
You can get that if you are using fish shell. For zsh, there is an auto suggestion package that you have to install.
Exuma 8y ago
You're talking about autosuggestion, one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE features. I tell everyone about this: If you're nervous about running shell commands here they're the same as the installation on the site if you care to check: sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions Then edit your ~/.zshrc plugins # Plugins plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions) Then restart and type some commands. re-type a command you did and push control+e to complete it. I recommend re-binding your caps lock key to control for vim and also tons of hotkey ease of use. then you can just use caps+e for instant fast typing. Combine this with using control+p to cycle through previous commands means you can be a wizard at commands quickly

baliex 8y ago

I thought that was a zsh thing rather than an iTerm2 thing. You can use zsh in iTerm2 though.

hellofunk 8y ago
Hm, that must mean everyone I know is using zsh and I didn't realize that... that strongly suggests I should use it too!
- s3m4j 8y ago
  Zsh and fish are, imo, much better environments than bash. And bash, once tamed, due to its ubiquity, is a better choice for scripting.
  - minusf 8y ago
    not my choice. certainly less people suffer bash in the BSD world. while bashims may give additional features, readability and portability suffers. I much prefer scripts using a posixish #!/bin/sh and a strict subset of shell syntax. something like pdfx.
    - s3m4j 8y ago
      That's why I emphasized "choice", using sh for scripting is a valid choice.
  - h1d 8y ago
    People should realize terminal and scripting don't need to be done using same shell. I use fish for scripting but run zsh for terminal. (fish had couple weirdness in day to day terminal use and zsh could do pretty much all fish could do with zplug.)
- AsyncAwait 8y ago
  Specifically, most people use oh-my-zsh, which is a preconfigured set of zsh plugins and various other settings[1] with the autosuggestions[2] plugin. 1 - https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh 2 - https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
  - canhascodez 8y ago
    oh-my-zsh has more than six hundred open pull requests, and can be considered unmaintained. It is perfectly usable in most respects, and I would not expect that to change in the near future. However, some competing projects have started because of that, and may be worth consideration. https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen https://github.com/zsh-users/antigen See also: https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins

nikivi 8y ago

You can do this in Zsh: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

pd0wm 8y ago

You are probably referring to fish shell which has this feature (https://fishshell.com/ https://fishshell.com/). However, I find that zsh + ohmyzsh works just as well. After typing the beginning of a command you can use the arrow keys to cycle through all commands in the history with the same beginning. A third method for efficient history search is ctrl+r. Just press ctr+r and start typing part of the command. Then you press enter to execute or ctr+r to cycle through the history.

hellofunk 8y ago
ctr+r is a great tip!
- patrec 8y ago
  It's worth getting used to your new discovery a bit first (C-r is isearch-backward), partly because it's useful in other places, too – for example ipython or any decent programming language shell has emacs-derived keybindings including isearch via readline or a clone. But after that, I'd suggest giving fzf (https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) a try.
gtm1260 8y ago
fish is nice but I've ran into too many issues where some weird shell command / script I find online is expecting to be in bash and I have to switch out of fish, so its hard for me to switch.
- ufo 8y ago
  You can usually drop to a bash subshell for those
- dagmx 8y ago
  As long as they don't need to be sourced, you can just add a shebang for bash at the top of the scripts and run them via bash.
  - 8y ago

tny 8y ago

You can get that if you are using fish shell. For zsh, there is an auto suggestion package that you have to install.

Exuma 8y ago

You're talking about autosuggestion, one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE features. I tell everyone about this: If you're nervous about running shell commands here they're the same as the installation on the site if you care to check: sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions Then edit your ~/.zshrc plugins # Plugins plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions) Then restart and type some commands. re-type a command you did and push control+e to complete it. I recommend re-binding your caps lock key to control for vim and also tons of hotkey ease of use. then you can just use caps+e for instant fast typing. Combine this with using control+p to cycle through previous commands means you can be a wizard at commands quickly