If not already set, sets the default editor. Falls back to vi(1),
if vim(1) is not available.
+: **LESS_TERMCAP_***
+Some environment variables that add colour support to less(1) for viewing
+man pages. See termcap(5) for details.
+
: **MAIL**
The mailbox file for the current user is set to /var/mail/$USER, if not
already set otherwise.
//Warning:// On start genthumbs() silently removes a possibly existing "index.html"
and all files and/or directories beginning with "thumb-" in current directory!
-: **getair()**
-Tries to download, unpack and run AIR (imaging software) version 1.2.8.
-
-: **getgizmo()**
-Tries to download and install Gizmo (VoIP software) for Debian.
-
-: **getskype()**
-Tries to download and install Skype (VoIP software) for Debian.
-
-: **getskypebeta()**
-Downloads and installs newer version of Skype.
-
-: **getxlite()**
-Tries to download and unpack X-lite (VoIP software) from counterpath.com into
-~/tmp.
-
: **greph()**
Searches the zsh command history for a regular expression.
Prints the hexadecimal representation of the number supplied as argument
(base ten only).
+: **hgdi()**
+Use GNU diff with options -ubwd for mercurial.
+
+: **hgstat()**
+Displays diffstat between the revision given as argument and tip (no
+argument means last revision).
+
: **hidiff()**
Outputs highlighted diff; needs highstring(1).
: **CO** (//./configure//)
Prepares compilation for building program from source.
+: **cp** (//nocorrect cp//)
+cp(1) without spelling correction.
+
: **da** (//du -sch//)
Prints the summarized disk usage of the arguments as well as a grand total
in human readable format.
+: **dbp** (//dpkg-buildpackage//)
+Builds binary or source packages from sources (See: dpkg-buildpackage(1)).
+
+: **debs-by-size** (//grep-status -FStatus -sInstalled-Size,Package -n "install ok installed" | paste -sd " \n" | sort -rn//)
+Prints installed Packages sorted by size (descending).
+
: **default** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Sets font of xterm to "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15"
using escape sequence.
: **g** (//git//)
Revision control system by Linus Torvalds.
+: **ge** (//grep-excuses//)
+Searches the testing excuses files for a specific maintainer (See:
+grep-excuses(1)).
+
: **grep** (//grep --color=auto//)
Shows grep output in nice colors, if available.
: **grml-version** (//cat /etc/grml_version//)
Prints version of running grml.
+: **hbp** (//hg-buildpackage//)
+Helper program to maintain Debian packages with mercurial.
+
: **http** (//python -m SimpleHTTPServer//)
Basic HTTP server implemented in python. Listens on port 8000/tcp and
serves current directory. Implements GET and HEAD methods.
: **hide** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Tries to hide xterm window using escape sequence.
+: **hidiff** (//histring -fE '^Comparing files .*|^diff .*' | histring -c yellow -fE '^\-.*' | histring -c green -fE '^\+.*'//)
+If histring(1) is installed, highlight important stuff in diff(1) output.
+
: **huge** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Sets huge font in xterm ("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-210-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15")
using escape sequence.
: **ll** (//ls -l --color=auto//)
Lists files in long colored output format.
+: **llog** (//$PAGER /var/log/syslog//)
+Opens syslog in pager.
+
: **ls** (//ls -b -CF --color=auto//)
Lists directory printing octal escapes for nongraphic characters.
Entries are listed by columns and an indicator for file type is appended
: **md** (//mkdir -p//)
Creates directory including parent directories, if necessary
+: **mdstat** (//cat /proc/mdstat//)
+Lists all active md (i.e. linux software raid) devices with some information
+about them.
+
: **medium** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Sets medium sized font
("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-15") in xterm
using escape sequence.
+: **mkdir** (//nocorrect mkdir//)
+mkdir(1) without spelling correction.
+
+: **mq** (//hg -R $(readlink -f $(hg root)/.hg/patches)//)
+Executes the commands on the versioned patch queue from current repository.
+
+: **mv** (//nocorrect mv//)
+mv(1) without spelling correction.
+
+: **rd** (//rmdir//)
+Short rmdir(1) (remove directory).
+
+: **rm** (//nocorrect rm//)
+rm(1) without spelling correction.
+
: **screen** (///usr/bin/screen -c ${HOME}/.screenrc//)
If invoking user is root, starts screen session with /etc/grml/screenrc
as config file. If invoked by a regular user, start a screen session
Grants read, write and execute permission of a file to the owner and
read-only plus execute permission to anybody else.
+: **S** (//screen//)
+Short for screen(1).
+
+: **s** (//ssh//)
+Short for ssh(1).
+
: **semifont** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Sets font of xterm to
"-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15" using
If user is running a grml live-CD, dont ask for any password, if she
wants a root shell.
+: **term2iso** (//echo 'Setting terminal to iso mode' ; print -n '\e%@'//)
+Sets mode from UTF-8 to ISO 2022 (See:
+http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#term).
+
+: **term2utf** (//echo 'Setting terminal to utf-8 mode'; print -n '\e%G'//)
+Sets mode from ISO 2022 to UTF-8 (See:
+http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#term).
+
: **tiny** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
Sets tiny xterm font
("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15") using escape
sequence.
+: **tlog** (//tail -f /var/log/syslog//)
+Prints syslog continuously (See tail(1)).
+
+: **top10** (//print -l ? ${(o)history%% *} | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 10//)
+Prints the ten most used shell commands.
+
: **truec** (//truecrypt [ mount options ]//)
Mount a truecrypt volume with some reasonable mount options
("rw,sync,dirsync,users,uid=1000,gid=users,umask=077" and "utf8", if
Performs a system update followed by a system upgrade using aptitude; run
by sudo, if necessary. See au and ag above.
+: **url-quote** (//autoload -U url-quote-magic ; zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic//)
+After calling, characters of URLs as typed get automatically escaped, if necessary, to
+protect them from the shell.
+
+: **0** (//return 0//)
+Gives a clean prompt (i.e. without $?).
+
+: **$(uname -r)-reboot** (//kexec -l --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-"$(uname -r)" --command-line=\"$(cat /proc/cmdline)\" /boot/vmlinuz-"$(uname -r)"//)
+Reboots using kexec(8) and thus reduces boot time by skipping hardware initialization of BIOS/firmware.
+
+: **...** (//cd ../..///)
+Changes current directory two levels higher.
+
: **?** (//qma zshall//)
Runs the grml script qma (quick manual access) to build the collected man
pages for the z-shell. This compressed file is kept at