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Zsh Cheatsheet

(excuse the crappy layout, this is a draft)

• tab is completion programmable and can dependent on the command it is used with. examples:
  • cd<TAB> shows a list containing only directories
  • cd -<TAB> shows you a list of recently visited directory, select with cursor where to go. instead of pressing <TAB>, you could also have typed cd -2 to go to the 2nd last dir.
  • ssh<TAB> shows a list of all known hosts
  • kill<TAB> gives you a list of processes. another example: `kill memca` finds the correct pid and inserts it
  • auto-completion of Rails’ rake tasks ...

• cd-less directory switching (just type name of directory)

• all shell windows share one history, i.e you can access a command from window A’s history in a new window B

• can shorten the path shown in the prompt (“Resources/Styles/Marble $” instead of ”/Applications/Chess.app/Contents/Resources/Styles/Marble $”)

• more powerful globbing. example: ‘ls \\*/\_helper.rb’ lists all *_helper.rb files in the current tree

• temporary aliases for directories, using ~dirname:

~ $ work=`pwd` 
~ $ cd / 
/ $ cd ~work ~ 
$ pwd /Users/phillip

• bash-compatibility

• optional prompt at the right top side

• multiline commands with quoted strings

> sci -m "Bla
dquote> bla bla" 

• remote path completion

scp xe<TAB>app1:/vir<TAB>tual

• multi-line commands are editable

for x in 1 2 4
do
  echo $x
end

• correct last command

^old^new

• directory stacks and -history

cd -<TAB>

• smarter Ctrl-R search in command history

General shell tips

• Ctrl-K: Kill text to end of line (not specific)

• use !$ and !!

• use history

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