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What I like best about zsh is how easy it makes normal tasks. * dont know the full name of the folder you want to cd into? Type the 1st few characters, and pre

What I like best about zsh is how easy it makes normal tasks. * dont know the full name of the folder you want to cd into? Type the 1st few characters, and press tab, zsh will let you select which one you want * Oh, and search is case insensitive. No more spending hours banging at the tab, wondering why autocomplete isnt working, just because you typed "projects" instead of "Projects" * history search is great-- type the 1st few lines of a command and press up, it will take you to the last time the command was used * Oh my zsh gives you a lot of cool utilities-- instead of git commit -a -m "message" I can do gcam "message" Moving to zsh was the best decision I made.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
I feel obligated to point out that this is mostly doable with BASH. * I don't understand how this is different than usual tab-completion; might just be missing something. You can stick `set show-all-if-ambiguous on` in .inputrc to make it activate on 1 tab instead of 2. * `set completion-ignore-case on` in .inputrc * https://askubuntu.com/questions/59846/bash-history-search-partial-up-arrow https://askubuntu.com/questions/59846/bash-history-search-pa... * `alias gcam='git commit -a -m'`, although I assume you're pointing out that it gives you a bunch of default aliases?
wener 5y ago
Wait, are you talking about zsh or bash, because my bash have them all, what's next ?
freeplay 5y ago
I use zsh as well but most of what you highlighted is easily done in bash > Oh, and search is case insensitive. No more spending hours banging at the tab, wondering why autocomplete isnt working echo 'set completion-ignore-case On' >> ~/.inputrc > history search is great-- type the 1st few lines of a command and press up, it will take you to the last time the command was used CTRL+R and begin typing. CTRL+R again to go to next result. > instead of git commit -a -m "message" I can do gcam "message" echo 'alias gcam="git commit -a -m"' >> ~/.bashrc
jdhendrickson 5y ago
I'm glad you like ZSH, for those wondering if you can do similar things in Bash (lots of non technical folks on the site these days). * I have to admit I tend to run mlocate on my systems and grep for full file paths instead of using tab completion if I don't know what the directory path is. However if you want auto complete with a list to pick from like ZSH bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous on' bind 'TAB:menu-complete' in your inputrc will do the trick. * echo set completion-ignore-case on | sudo tee -a /etc/inputrc (use .bashrc instead of input if you only want to set this for your own user) * ctrl + r type part of your command history search in bash * alias gcam='git commit -a -m' ZSH definitely has a lot of cool things (globbing is really nice for instance), but Bash is ubiquitous and it's good to know how to make your life easier if you are working on a server that doesn't have your fave shell installed. Happy hacking! When I started typing this there were no replies, I got distracted by a work slack, and came back to hit submit, and there are two basically duplicates. An excellent reminder that none of us are actually the main character so to speak.
- arp242 5y ago
  Control+r is search and not quite the same, since it matches everywhere rather than just at the start (maybe there's a way to do it, but I never liked the way C-r behaved in the first place so I never checked). However, you can use "history-search-backward" (and -forward) in your inputrc to get it.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago

I feel obligated to point out that this is mostly doable with BASH. * I don't understand how this is different than usual tab-completion; might just be missing something. You can stick `set show-all-if-ambiguous on` in .inputrc to make it activate on 1 tab instead of 2. * `set completion-ignore-case on` in .inputrc * https://askubuntu.com/questions/59846/bash-history-search-partial-up-arrow https://askubuntu.com/questions/59846/bash-history-search-pa... * `alias gcam='git commit -a -m'`, although I assume you're pointing out that it gives you a bunch of default aliases?

wener 5y ago

Wait, are you talking about zsh or bash, because my bash have them all, what's next ?

freeplay 5y ago

I use zsh as well but most of what you highlighted is easily done in bash > Oh, and search is case insensitive. No more spending hours banging at the tab, wondering why autocomplete isnt working echo 'set completion-ignore-case On' >> ~/.inputrc > history search is great-- type the 1st few lines of a command and press up, it will take you to the last time the command was used CTRL+R and begin typing. CTRL+R again to go to next result. > instead of git commit -a -m "message" I can do gcam "message" echo 'alias gcam="git commit -a -m"' >> ~/.bashrc

jdhendrickson 5y ago

I'm glad you like ZSH, for those wondering if you can do similar things in Bash (lots of non technical folks on the site these days). * I have to admit I tend to run mlocate on my systems and grep for full file paths instead of using tab completion if I don't know what the directory path is. However if you want auto complete with a list to pick from like ZSH bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous on' bind 'TAB:menu-complete' in your inputrc will do the trick. * echo set completion-ignore-case on | sudo tee -a /etc/inputrc (use .bashrc instead of input if you only want to set this for your own user) * ctrl + r type part of your command history search in bash * alias gcam='git commit -a -m' ZSH definitely has a lot of cool things (globbing is really nice for instance), but Bash is ubiquitous and it's good to know how to make your life easier if you are working on a server that doesn't have your fave shell installed. Happy hacking! When I started typing this there were no replies, I got distracted by a work slack, and came back to hit submit, and there are two basically duplicates. An excellent reminder that none of us are actually the main character so to speak.

arp242 5y ago
Control+r is search and not quite the same, since it matches everywhere rather than just at the start (maybe there's a way to do it, but I never liked the way C-r behaved in the first place so I never checked). However, you can use "history-search-backward" (and -forward) in your inputrc to get it.