/* Code Comments */22 posts tagged with "zsh"
zsh: suspended jobs
2022-11-28
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I tried exiting a zsh terminal recently when I was greeted by a new error: What are the jobs? Well, zsh has a built-in command which will…
zsh: calling functions within functions
2022-11-28
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When you write shell functions, it is sometimes useful to call a different function (smaller functions are easier to comprehend). How do you…
zsh: keyboard shortcuts
2022-11-28
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Though potentially less daunting than Vim or Emacs, mastering is a long road, but a few keyboard shortcuts can help to make you feel much…
git: rebase origin
2022-11-28
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At Olo, we rebase our commits rather than merge to keep a cleaner git history. As with all things, there are some tradeoffs to this approach…
zsh: tab completion options
2022-11-28
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I’ve always been in the habit of looking at the manual to understand what options are available for different command line tools. That means…
zsh hooks
2022-11-28
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I was working on customizing my prompt in ZSH recently when I came across a useful feature: hooks. Just like other plugins for ZSH, hooks…
zsh: configuring options
2022-11-28
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Recently, I came across a really interesting Unix & Linux StackExchange answer from Stéphane Chazelas on the differences between how shells…
globbing wildcards or why **/* means different things
2022-11-28
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In my previous post on globbing, I looked at how to glob multiple file types simultaneously (while narrowing only to a specific set). I also…
copy file contents from the command line
2022-11-28
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I have a dotfiles repository where I store all of my settings for things like and VS Code. Whenever I make a change to one of those files…
killing processes
2022-11-28
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UNIX systems come with a utility, which, as might be expected, terminates processes. I wrote about it previously in the context of killing…
fix for zsh compinit insecure directories error
2022-11-28
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With macOS Catalina, Apple made zsh the default shell. That’s all well and good since I have been using zsh for a while now. However, in…
node version management... automatically
2022-11-28
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NVM, the Node Version Manager, is an invaluable tool when working on multiple node projects. Instead of manually managing the globally…
return to previous directory (quickly) in bash (or zsh)
2022-11-28
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If I can quickly change directories () to anywhere in my computer’s file system, how can I go back if I mistakenly navigate away from…
locating the source of environment variables
2022-11-28
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Recently, I was working on a project when I realized that my username was being assigned to a variable that I wasn’t expecting. I wanted to…
redirection in unix - aka angled brackets
2022-11-28
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Today I wanted to learn how to programmatically update a file with shell scripting. Turns out that there are multiple approaches and it…
determine which shell is currently running
2022-11-28
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If you switch between shells, it might be handy to determine which one is currently running. One way to do that is to check your process…
changing the default shell to zsh
2022-11-28
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By default, the shell on a Mac is . Changing this should be a simple three step process: Make sure that is installed and is an accepted…
shell scripts: how to run them
2022-11-28
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I am constantly striving to improve my understanding and comfort interacting with my terminal. I remember how excited I was when I first…
setting persistent environment variables
2022-11-28
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To make an environment variable available in Bash or Zsh, save the environment to or respectively. To set the variable, open the…
looking up shell functions in zsh
2022-11-28
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I recently figured out how to write a shell function. The problem is that pretty quickly I’d forgotten which functions I’d written, or fi I…
next level shell: aliases and functions
2022-11-28
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Imagination Time Imagine a situation where you want to be able to navigate to a specific directory then open that directory with your text…
oh-my-zsh and persistent aliases
2022-11-28
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NB: If you want the quick steps to add aliases to your , jump down to the section, ”Adding Aliases: The Better Way“. First, a little…