zsh

Zsh is a Unix shell based on the Bourne shell, like bash.

Installation

Use homebrew to install Zsh:

$ brew install zsh

To set it as your default shell:

$ sudo sh -c "echo $(which zsh) >> /etc/shells" && chsh -s $(which zsh)

These shortcuts work in Bash as well.

Keystroke	Description
Ctrl + A / Ctrl + E	Go to start/end of line
Ctrl + W	Delete previous word
Ctrl + U / Ctrl + K	Remove everything from cursor to beginning/end of the line
Ctrl + X + E	Open a temporary file in `$EDITOR` that will be executed on close

Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

To install, use this:

$ curl -L https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh | sh

Plugins are installed using Oh My Zsh and the ~/.zshrc file.

z: "Zsh-z is a command line tool that allows you to jump quickly to directories that you have visited frequently in the past, or recently -- but most often a combination of the two (a concept known as "frecency"). It works by keeping track of when you go to directories and how much time you spend in them."

Git shortcuts: git is aliased to g and many of the most used commands are aliased as well, like gaa is git add . and gcmsg is git commit -m , etc. You can find a list of the shortcuts in the oh-my-zsh repo[2].

Your profile, which includes your different environment variables, can be found at .zprofile.

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