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TechRepublic: Learn the Power Features of zsh

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 29, 2006

“The Z Shell (zsh) is a power-shell that is not often used by
many Linux users. The reason for this is that most Linux
distributions install, and make default, the bash shell. zsh is
packaged for virtually every Linux distribution and installation is
usually an apt-get, urpmi, or yum away.

“One of the great features of zsh is tab-completion; it also
handles all the logistics of tab-completion and is extremely easy
to implement, just by adding two lines to your ~/.zshrc
file…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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