Questions tagged [zsh]
Zsh or Z Shell is the default Unix shell used by Terminal in macOS since 10.15
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need to turn separate zsh script into a function inside a master script
I'm trying to turn 6 scripts into one script, so that instead of the enduser needing to download 6 scripts, do chmod +x mess to them etc, and then run the master script, they'd only need one script ...
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How to use input variable in .zshrc alias?
I'm trying to create this alias:
alias mrc="php artisan make:controller $(user_input) --resource"
so that I can just type mrc ControllerName in the terminal to produce:
php artisan make:...
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Most homebrew installed commands outputs "zsh: killed"
When I type brew, I get the output:
zsh: killed brew
Writing out the whole path still gives the same output, so it doesn't seem like a path problem.
Furthermore, running /bin/bash gives the ...
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In Terminal, using the "touch" command to mass create consecutive files with leading zero's, with bash, produces different results than zsh
In Terminal, I prefer to use bash as my default shell. Issuing the command touch File_{01..10}.txt produces these results:
File_1.txt,
File_10.txt,
File_2.txt,
File_3.txt,
File_4.txt,
File_5.txt,
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Is it possible to set a per-profile HISTFILE in iTerm2?
Let's say I have a "Work" profile in iTerm2 and want to set a different HISTFILE for this profile, called .zsh_history_work, so that I don't see my work commands showing up in my regular ...
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Why does setting my MAC address take two attempts?
I'm new to SE so I'm not sure if this is the correct site, but I am trying to change my MAC address to a fixed value on startup of macOS using zshell (bash should be similar or the same ).
I oddly ...
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zsh: command not found (some modules)
I used bash and installed different packages. But when i install zsh, some modules are missing, for example (angular cli, nvm - node version manager), but detected npm and node js.
Why is this ...
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Debugging phantom zsh process
Every once in a while (once a week?) I noticed that my mac's fans are spinning full speed. When I investigate my processes on activity monitor I notice a zsh process consuming near 100% on the cpu. ...
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Customizing PS1 for two rows similar to zsh Kali
I was hoping someone might be able to help me figure out how I can customize my PS1 on macOS zsh to look like Kali zsh.
Here is $PS1 from Kali zsh:
%F{%(#.blue.green)}┌──${debian_chroot:+($...
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zsh: command not found
I created a script , tried putting it in ~/.local/bin/script.sh and /usr/local/bin/script.sh
but I get zsh: command not found: script
This is my .zshrc file:
cat .zshrc
# If you come from bash you ...
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Parameterized ZSH alias
Hello I'm trying to make an alias in zsh for the following command:
gcloud compute instances delete CONTAINER_NAME --zone=x --quiet
How can I make an alias that would fit my parameter in the ...
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~/.ssh/rc is not executed when using ssh
I'm in the situation of having to connect to various systems via ssh to do some quick work and then leave without a trace. Before I do any work, however, I would like to set up some aliases to save ...
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oh-my-zsh syntax-highlighting the tab completion when doing cd
Been struggling some time now and can't seem to figure out why I can't get the tab completion to highlight the folders I 'tab' into
My zshrc files looks like this
# Enable Powerlevel10k instant ...
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Tab key no longer lists directory contents in zsh
Tab used to run an ls locally and in ssh sessions to offer suggestions, but this no longer works. It worked on my old Intel Mac, but now no longer works on my M1 MacBook.
I've tried adding some ...
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How do I debug zsh when startup performance is slow?
I'm using Z shell inside iTerm2 every time I open up a new window or a new tab it takes around 8 - 9 seconds to load.
I found some information on how to debug zsh. I came across this Speeding Up My ...
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Launchd unable to view contents of connected USB device
When I connect my USB device, I can open a terminal and run a script which returns a directory listing to a file in my home directory called ls.txt. It works and the contents of the script are:
#!/bin/...
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I'd like to change the shell script instruction to the one available in the terminal
do shell script "bless -mount /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/ -legacy -setBoot -nextonly" password "0000" with administrator privileges
tell application "System Events"
restart
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Where to put a bash script that I want to run only from my user? [duplicate]
I am a new macOS user and I want to create a bash script that I can add to the PATH and run as a "normal" command (cd for example). I'm the only user of the Mac and so I'll be forever, but ...
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What's the correct file to store environmental variables for zsh?
I'm a bit confused as to how all of this works. Seemingly every tutorial tells me something different. So far there's about 4 different files I can add environmental variables to:
.zshrc
.profile
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oh-my-zsh startup failure: __git_prompt_git status blocks
I have been installed iTerm2 and brew. In the process, I have some problems with my terminal. It doesn't show anything whatever I command it. That's all I can do is /bin/bash to return to bash. There ...
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sudo ownership and permission changed and shows `sudo: /usr/local/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set`
I made another admin account in my MacOS Monterey for my programming job.
Then I had to change ownership of Homebrew directories to make it work.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/Homebrew/ /usr/...
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How to tell what shell is running from command line?
If I do sudo zsh, I can tell I am in zsh by examining ps -ef
Is there an easier way? echo $SHELL says it's /bin/sh, because $SHELL is always the default shell, not necessarily the shell that's ...
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Tail terminal command is extremely slow when processing files with long lines
The tail command has become unusably slow for large files (e.g. 1 GB text file).
EXAMPLE:
$ tail -265000 file.txt > last_265000.txt
takes 10+ minutes, whereas
$ head -265000 file.txt > ...
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Missing files from ZSH config
Have been experiencing some issues after installing NVM and was/ still am getting errors related to oh-my-zsh and powerlevel10k.
At first, I was getting the following from pl10k:
[WARNING]: Console ...
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Why does globbing not work on X* or x*?
Due to a bug in Monterey, TextEdit quarantines any file it changes. xattr can fix it, and since I didn't know where such might be, I tried to do xattr -rc ~
But something in ~/Library prevents that ...
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zsh does not find script in PATH while bash does (echo $PATH is the same)
I am trying to execute a script using just its name. So naturally I added it to the PATH variable. But it seems zsh does not care. If I switch to bash everything works fine. The following terminal ...
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How to upgrade ssh on OS X 10.9 Mavericks without OS upgrade?
The ssh version 6.2 of OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) supports dsa and rsa, but not the newer Ed25519 keys. Ed25519 is there since OpenSSH version 6.5.
As well as the old ssh-agent returns SHA-1 instead of SHA-...
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problem with ls in ~/Downloads directory [duplicate]
How can I fix the broken ls command in the ~/Download directory in macOS?
~/Downloads ls ✔ at 02:01:06 PM
ls: .: Operation not permitted
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Can't test whether key exists in associative zsh array
This is my script (zsh 5.8):
# Consider parameter expansion of an unset variable to be an error
set -u
# Define and populate associative array
typeset -A arr
arr=(x xxx y yyy)
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How to disable .zsh_history & .zsh_sessions on macOS?
By default in macOS zsh stores the history and sessions in the ~/.zsh_history & ~/.zsh_sessions files.
However for one of my computers I want no Terminal/zsh history or session to be stored what ...
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I typed () in terminal and got a prompt. What is it for?
I typed () in Terminal and got a prompt:
function>
I can't find any zsh documentation about it (or if it is even related to zsh). I realized I can type any gibberish anygibberish() and also get ...
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Command not found: /usr/local/bin/zsh
I uninstall homebrew on a Mac Mini M1 to reinstall it.
After opening a terminal to run the install shell script, the terminal produces the following output and becomes unusable.
[Command not found: /...
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Convert PS1 prompt from bash to zsh for colour customisation
The macOS Monterey system uses zsh shell instead of bash, and I want to convert this bash command which you'd normally store in a .bash_profile file
export PS1="\[\033[36m\]\u\[\033[m\]@\[\033[...
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In iTerm2, I can't run `ls` with both -a and -w flags. When I just run `ls`, I get columns, but when I run `ls -a`, it's all just in a single column
I'm transferring from Terminal to iTerm2 and am trying to set up my shortcuts. The problem is that when I run ls -a, everything is in one column whereas if I just run ls, it shows up in several ...
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Use LS_COLORS (not LSCOLORS) on Mac OS
LSCOLORS does not give a lot of options or control for directory listings. I've tried several ways to use LS_COLORS (the standard method for such things) without success. Is it possible to bypass ...
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Why does the shell run the incorrect Python?
I am coming from an Ubuntu environment, and since you can set Python 3 to be the first-class Python in Ubuntu (as in, you call python and you get Python 3), I wanted to do the same on the Mac I've ...
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Homebrew PATH set in .zshenv is overridden
Following this answer about best practices for configuring Zsh, I wanted to move my Homebrew PATH initialization to the ~/.zshenv file:
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
This ...
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ImageMagick Convert single frame = file not found
I am trying to extract the fist frame of a video
convert ./video.mp4[0] ./sample.jpg
I get file not found if I put [0]
it works without [0] but this is not what I want
All examples on the net suggest ...
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Mac Terminal changed from @username-MacBook-Pro to @username-MBP, why? [duplicate]
I was using my macOS terminal and I realised that after doing a factory reset my terminal name went from username@Username-MacBook-Pro to username@Username-MBP. Nothing else really changed but I want ...
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zsh compinit errors
I have errors with the zsh shell:
zsh compinit: insecure directories and files, run compaudit for list
the files listed with errors are
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/local/share/zsh
/usr/...
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Can't add PATH entry for PHP to ~/.zshrc: "permission denied"
I have installed PHP 7.4 on my Mac using brew.
Now I want to be able to have it in my PATH variable.
I need to run:
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/php@7.4/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
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Copy and Flatten directory contents with zsh
I have a directory tree, where each subdirectory contains several different filetypes, I want to copy one particular filetype from each of the subdirectory, but I need to flatten the results, so that ...
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Setting permanent environment variable [duplicate]
I want to set a permanent environment variable, I have used the .profile, .zshrc, .bash_profile, however, none have worked, after doing the command source .profile it works while I have the terminal ...
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ssh-agent running in x86 mode, not Apple Silicon, on M1 MacBook Pro
On my M1 MacBook, I'm trying to migrate as many apps and CLI utilities as I can from running the x86-based binaries to running the universal or ARM-based binaries for Apple Silicon.
I noticed that ssh-...
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What is changing my $PATH?
When I open a new Terminal, the $PATH is not what I set in .zshenv
grep -i path .??* shows that no other dot-file sets the path.
Adding a couple of echo, I see:
Last login: Thu Nov 18 13:29:13 on ...
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Is it a bug for zsh to run a quarantined script? [closed]
Update: I am not going to delete the question although it is useless. The answer is, Yes, it would be a bug, but zsh doesn’t do that. I screwed up writing the details. A quarantined script can be ...
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zsh command substitution fails when assigned to LINES
Why does this fail for zsh?
bash-3.2$ FILENAME="/Users/john/Desktop/hash.txt"
bash-3.2$ LINES=$(cat $FILENAME)
bash-3.2$ echo $LINES
ccf09b34dd38f383ce0eb37efbda0bfc546bb562 ...
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Apple Script can't find executables
Since moving to zsh from bash my previous AppleScript scripts can no longer find executables that are in my path, unless I use the full path to the executables.
What can I do to keep using zsh and ...
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Sort list of numbers using the zsh shell in Mac OS X
Using Mac OS X zsh shell, how can I ascending sort the following list of numbers? I have tried the command line sort (without any options) but the output is not accurate.
The below list of numbers is ...
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ZSH Killed my executable file in mac m1 while running the iOS project using script [closed]
ZSH Killed my executable file in mac m1 machine.
I am using the mac m1 machine to run my iOS project. Here while running the app it gets killing my executable script in the m1 machine.
I have fastlane,...
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