Table of Contents

1 The Z Shell Manual
- 1.1 Producing documentation from zsh.texi
2 Introduction
- 2.1 Author
- 2.2 Availability
- 2.3 Mailing Lists
- 2.4 The Zsh FAQ
- 2.5 The Zsh Web Page
- 2.6 The Zsh Userguide
- 2.7 See Also
3 Roadmap
- 3.1 When the shell starts
- 3.2 Interactive Use
  - 3.2.1 Completion
  - 3.2.2 Extending the line editor
- 3.3 Options
- 3.4 Pattern Matching
- 3.5 General Comments on Syntax
- 3.6 Programming
4 Invocation
- 4.1 Invocation
- 4.2 Compatibility
- 4.3 Restricted Shell
5 Files
- 5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files
- 5.2 Files
6 Shell Grammar
- 6.1 Simple Commands & Pipelines
- 6.2 Precommand Modifiers
- 6.3 Complex Commands
- 6.4 Alternate Forms For Complex Commands
- 6.5 Reserved Words
- 6.6 Errors
- 6.7 Comments
- 6.8 Aliasing
  - 6.8.1 Alias difficulties
- 6.9 Quoting
7 Redirection
- 7.1 Opening file descriptors using parameters
- 7.2 Multios
- 7.3 Redirections with no command
8 Command Execution
9 Functions
- 9.1 Autoloading Functions
- 9.2 Anonymous Functions
- 9.3 Special Functions
  - 9.3.1 Hook Functions
  - 9.3.2 Trap Functions
10 Jobs & Signals
- 10.1 Jobs
- 10.2 Signals
11 Arithmetic Evaluation
12 Conditional Expressions
13 Prompt Expansion
- 13.1 Expansion of Prompt Sequences
- 13.2 Simple Prompt Escapes
- 13.3 Conditional Substrings in Prompts
14 Expansion
- 14.1 History Expansion
- 14.2 Process Substitution
- 14.3 Parameter Expansion
- 14.4 Command Substitution
- 14.5 Arithmetic Expansion
- 14.6 Brace Expansion
- 14.7 Filename Expansion
- 14.8 Filename Generation
15 Parameters
- 15.1 Description
- 15.2 Array Parameters
- 15.3 Positional Parameters
- 15.4 Local Parameters
- 15.5 Parameters Set By The Shell
- 15.6 Parameters Used By The Shell
16 Options
- 16.1 Specifying Options
- 16.2 Description of Options
- 16.3 Option Aliases
- 16.4 Single Letter Options
17 Shell Builtin Commands
18 Zsh Line Editor
- 18.1 Description
- 18.2 Keymaps
  - 18.2.1 Reading Commands
  - 18.2.2 Local Keymaps
- 18.3 Zle Builtins
- 18.4 Zle Widgets
- 18.5 User-Defined Widgets
  - 18.5.1 Special Widgets
- 18.6 Standard Widgets
- 18.7 Character Highlighting
19 Completion Widgets
- 19.1 Description
- 19.2 Completion Special Parameters
- 19.3 Completion Builtin Commands
- 19.4 Completion Condition Codes
- 19.5 Completion Matching Control
- 19.6 Completion Widget Example
20 Completion System
- 20.1 Description
- 20.2 Initialization
- 20.3 Completion System Configuration
- 20.4 Control Functions
- 20.5 Bindable Commands
- 20.6 Utility Functions
- 20.7 Completion System Variables
- 20.8 Completion Directories
21 Completion Using compctl
- 21.1 Types of completion
- 21.2 Description
- 21.3 Command Flags
- 21.4 Option Flags
- 21.5 Alternative Completion
- 21.6 Extended Completion
- 21.7 Example
22 Zsh Modules
- 22.1 Description
- 22.2 The zsh/attr Module
- 22.3 The zsh/cap Module
- 22.4 The zsh/clone Module
- 22.5 The zsh/compctl Module
- 22.6 The zsh/complete Module
- 22.7 The zsh/complist Module
  - 22.7.1 Colored completion listings
  - 22.7.2 Scrolling in completion listings
  - 22.7.3 Menu selection
- 22.8 The zsh/computil Module
- 22.9 The zsh/curses Module
  - 22.9.1 Builtin
  - 22.9.2 Parameters
- 22.10 The zsh/datetime Module
- 22.11 The zsh/db/gdbm Module
- 22.12 The zsh/deltochar Module
- 22.13 The zsh/example Module
- 22.14 The zsh/files Module
- 22.15 The zsh/langinfo Module
- 22.16 The zsh/mapfile Module
  - 22.16.1 Limitations
- 22.17 The zsh/mathfunc Module
- 22.18 The zsh/nearcolor Module
- 22.19 The zsh/newuser Module
- 22.20 The zsh/parameter Module
- 22.21 The zsh/pcre Module
- 22.22 The zsh/param/private Module
- 22.23 The zsh/regex Module
- 22.24 The zsh/sched Module
- 22.25 The zsh/net/socket Module
  - 22.25.1 Outbound Connections
  - 22.25.2 Inbound Connections
- 22.26 The zsh/stat Module
- 22.27 The zsh/system Module
  - 22.27.1 Builtins
  - 22.27.2 Math Functions
  - 22.27.3 Parameters
- 22.28 The zsh/net/tcp Module
  - 22.28.1 Outbound Connections
  - 22.28.2 Inbound Connections
  - 22.28.3 Closing Connections
  - 22.28.4 Example
- 22.29 The zsh/termcap Module
- 22.30 The zsh/terminfo Module
- 22.31 The zsh/watch Module
- 22.32 The zsh/zftp Module
  - 22.32.1 Subcommands
  - 22.32.2 Parameters
  - 22.32.3 Functions
  - 22.32.4 Problems
- 22.33 The zsh/zle Module
- 22.34 The zsh/zleparameter Module
- 22.35 The zsh/zprof Module
- 22.36 The zsh/zpty Module
- 22.37 The zsh/zselect Module
- 22.38 The zsh/zutil Module
23 Calendar Function System
- 23.1 Description
- 23.2 File and Date Formats
- 23.3 User Functions
  - 23.3.1 Calendar system functions
  - 23.3.2 Glob qualifiers
- 23.4 Styles
- 23.5 Utility functions
- 23.6 Bugs
24 TCP Function System
- 24.1 Description
- 24.2 TCP User Functions
- 24.3 TCP User-defined Functions
- 24.4 TCP Utility Functions
- 24.5 TCP User Parameters
- 24.6 TCP User-defined Parameters
- 24.7 TCP Utility Parameters
- 24.8 TCP Examples
- 24.9 TCP Bugs
25 Zftp Function System
- 25.1 Description
- 25.2 Installation
- 25.3 Functions
- 25.4 Miscellaneous Features
26 User Contributions
- 26.1 Description
- 26.2 Utilities
- 26.3 Remembering Recent Directories
- 26.4 Abbreviated dynamic references to directories
- 26.5 Gathering information from version control systems
- 26.6 Prompt Themes
- 26.7 ZLE Functions
- 26.8 Exception Handling
- 26.9 MIME Functions
- 26.10 Mathematical Functions
- 26.11 User Configuration Functions
- 26.12 Other Functions
  - 26.12.1 Descriptions
  - 26.12.2 Styles
Concept Index
Variables Index
Options Index
Functions Index
Editor Functions Index
Style and Tag Index

This document was generated on June 7, 2023 using texi2any.