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The Z Shell Manual
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This Info file documents Zsh, a freely available UNIX command
interpreter (shell), which of the standard shells most closely resembles
the Korn shell (ksh), although it is not completely compatible.  Zsh is
able to emulate POSIX shells, but its default mode is not POSIX
compatible, either.

Version 5.9, last updated May 14, 2022.

The Z Shell Manual

Introduction

Roadmap

Invocation

Files

Shell Grammar

Redirection

Command Execution

Functions

Jobs & Signals

Arithmetic Evaluation

Conditional Expressions

Prompt Expansion

Expansion

Parameters

Options

Shell Builtin Commands

Zsh Line Editor

Completion Widgets

Completion System

Completion Using compctl

Zsh Modules

Calendar Function System

TCP Function System

Zftp Function System

User Contributions

-- Indices --

Concept Index

Variables Index

Options Index

Functions Index

Editor Functions Index

Style and Tag Index

-- The Detailed Node Listing --

Introduction

Author

Availability

Mailing Lists

The Zsh FAQ

The Zsh Web Page

The Zsh Userguide

See Also

Invocation

Compatibility

Restricted Shell

Shell Grammar

Simple Commands & Pipelines

Precommand Modifiers

Complex Commands

Alternate Forms For Complex Commands

Reserved Words

Comments

Aliasing

Quoting

Expansion

History Expansion

Process Substitution

Parameter Expansion

Command Substitution

Arithmetic Expansion

Brace Expansion

Filename Expansion

Filename Generation

Parameters

Array Parameters

Positional Parameters

Local Parameters

Parameters Set By The Shell

Parameters Used By The Shell

Options

Specifying Options

Description of Options

Option Aliases

Single Letter Options

Zsh Line Editor

Keymaps

Zle Builtins

Zle Widgets

User-Defined Widgets

Standard Widgets

Character Highlighting

Completion Widgets

Completion Special Parameters

Completion Builtin Commands

Completion Condition Codes

Completion Matching Control

Completion Widget Example

Completion System

Initialization

Completion System Configuration

Control Functions

Bindable Commands

Completion Functions

Completion Directories

Completion Using compctl

Command Flags

Option Flags

Alternative Completion

Extended Completion

Example

Zsh Modules

The zsh/attr Module

The zsh/cap Module

The zsh/clone Module

The zsh/compctl Module

The zsh/complete Module

The zsh/complist Module

The zsh/computil Module

The zsh/curses Module

The zsh/datetime Module

The zsh/db/gdbm Module

The zsh/deltochar Module

The zsh/example Module

The zsh/files Module

The zsh/langinfo Module

The zsh/mapfile Module

The zsh/mathfunc Module

The zsh/nearcolor Module

The zsh/newuser Module

The zsh/parameter Module

The zsh/pcre Module

The zsh/param/private Module

The zsh/regex Module

The zsh/sched Module

The zsh/net/socket Module

The zsh/stat Module

The zsh/system Module

The zsh/net/tcp Module

The zsh/termcap Module

The zsh/terminfo Module

The zsh/watch Module

The zsh/zftp Module

The zsh/zle Module

The zsh/zleparameter Module

The zsh/zprof Module

The zsh/zpty Module

The zsh/zselect Module

The zsh/zutil Module

Calendar Function System

Calendar File and Date Formats

Calendar System User Functions

Calendar Styles

Calendar Utility Functions

Calendar Bugs

TCP Function System

TCP Functions

TCP Parameters

TCP Examples

TCP Bugs

Zftp Function System

Installation

Zftp Functions

Miscellaneous Features

User Contributions

Utilities

Recent Directories

Other Directory Functions

Version Control Information

Prompt Themes

ZLE Functions

Exception Handling

MIME Functions

Mathematical Functions

User Configuration Functions

Other Functions