6 %!postproc(man): "^(\.TH.*) 1 " "\1 5 "
10 grmlzshrc - Grml's zsh setup
14 //zsh// [**options**]...
18 The Grml project provides a fairly exhaustive interactive setup (referred to
19 as //grmlzshrc// throughout this document) for the amazing unix shell zsh
20 (http://zsh.sourceforge.net). This is the reference manual for that
23 To use //grmlzshrc//, you need at least version 3.1.7 of zsh (although not all
24 features are enabled in every version).
26 //grmlzshrc// behaves differently depending on which user loads it. For the
27 root user (**EUID** == 0) only a subset of features is loaded by default. This
28 behaviour can be altered by setting the **GRML_ALWAYS_LOAD_ALL** STARTUP
31 Users may want to keep an up-to-date version of the setup (possibly from the
32 git-sources) in //~/.zshrc//. If that happens on a system where the global
33 zshrc is also a //grmlzshrc// (but possibly an older one), you can inhibit
34 loading the global version by doing:
37 echo setopt no_global_rcs >> ~/.zshenv
40 Note, that this will disable //ANY// global files, except for the global
44 Some of the behaviour of //grmlzshrc// can be altered by setting certain shell
45 variables. These may be set temporarily when starting zsh like this:
49 Or by setting them permanently in **zshrc.pre** (See AUXILIARY FILES below).
52 If set to a value greater than zero and //acpi// installed, //grmlzshrc// will
53 put the battery status into the right hand side interactive prompt.
55 : **COMMAND_NOT_FOUND**
56 A non zero value activates a handler, which is called when a command can not
57 be found. The handler is defined by GRML_ZSH_CNF_HANDLER (see below).
59 : **GRML_ALWAYS_LOAD_ALL**
60 Enables the whole Grml setup for root, if set to a non zero value.
62 : **GRML_ZSH_CNF_HANDLER**
63 This variable contains the handler to be used by COMMAND_NOT_FOUND (see above)
64 and defaults to "/usr/share/command-not-found/command-not-found".
66 : **GRMLSMALL_SPECIFIC**
67 Set this to zero to remove items in zsh config, which do not work in
71 Where zsh saves the history. Default: ${HOME}/.zsh_history.
74 Number of commands to be kept in the history. On a Grml-CD this defaults to
75 500, on a hard disk installation to 5000.
78 Sets the frequency in seconds for zsh to check for new mail. Defaults to 30.
79 A value of zero turns off checking.
82 Non zero values deactivate automatic correction of commands.
85 If set to zero (default), allows selection from a menu, if there are at least
86 five possible options of completion.
89 A non zero value disables precmd and preexec commands. These are functions
90 that are run before every command (setting xterm/screen titles etc.).
93 Show time (user, system and cpu) used by external commands, if they run longer
94 than the defined number of seconds (default: 5).
97 Number of commands to be stored in ${HISTFILE}. Defaults to 1000 on a Grml-CD
98 and to 10000 on an installation on hard disk.
101 As in tcsh(1) an array of login/logout events to be reported by the shell
102 builtin "log". For details see zshparam(1). Defaults to (notme root).
104 : **ZSH_NO_DEFAULT_LOCALE**
105 Import "/etc/default/locale", if set to zero (default).
108 A non zero value causes shell functions to be profiled. The results can be
109 obtained with the zprof builtin command (see zshmodules(1) for details).
112 = FEATURE DESCRIPTION =
113 This is an in depth description of non-standard features implemented by
116 == DIRSTACK HANDLING ==
117 The dirstack in //grmlzshrc// has a persistent nature. It is stored into a
118 file each time zsh's working directory is changed. That file can be configured
119 via the **DIRSTACKFILE** variable and it defaults to **~/.zdirs**. The
120 **DIRSTACKSIZE** variable defaults to **20** in this setup.
122 The **DIRSTACKFILE** is loaded each time zsh starts, therefore freshly started
123 zshs inherit the dirstack of the zsh that most recently updated
126 == DIRECTORY BASED PROFILES ==
127 If you want certain settings to be active in certain directories (and
128 automatically switch back and forth between them), this is what you want.
131 zstyle ':chpwd:profiles:/usr/src/grml(|/|/*)' profile grml
132 zstyle ':chpwd:profiles:/usr/src/debian(|/|/*)' profile debian
135 When that's done and you enter a directory that matches the pattern
136 in the third part of the context, a function called chpwd_profile_grml,
137 for example, is called (if it exists).
139 If no pattern matches (read: no profile is detected) the profile is
140 set to 'default', which means chpwd_profile_default is attempted to
143 A word about the context (the ':chpwd:profiles:*' stuff in the zstyle
144 command) which is used: The third part in the context is matched against
145 **$PWD**. That's why using a pattern such as /foo/bar(|/|/*) makes sense.
146 Because that way the profile is detected for all these values of **$PWD**:
154 So, if you want to make double damn sure a profile works in /foo/bar
155 and everywhere deeper in that tree, just use (|/|/*) and be happy.
157 The name of the detected profile will be available in a variable called
158 'profile' in your functions. You don't need to do anything, it'll just
161 Then there is the parameter **$CHPWD_PROFILE** which is set to the profile,
162 that was active up to now. That way you can avoid running code for a
163 profile that is already active, by running code such as the following
164 at the start of your function:
167 function chpwd_profile_grml() {
168 [[ ${profile} == ${CHPWD_PROFILE} ]] && return 1
173 The initial value for **$CHPWD_PROFILE** is 'default'.
175 === Signaling availabily/profile changes ===
177 If you use this feature and need to know whether it is active in your
178 current shell, there are several ways to do that. Here are two simple
181 a) If knowing if the profiles feature is active when zsh starts is
182 good enough for you, you can put the following snippet into your
186 (( ${+functions[chpwd_profiles]} )) &&
187 print "directory profiles active"
190 b) If that is not good enough, and you would prefer to be notified
191 whenever a profile changes, you can solve that by making sure you
192 start **every** profile function you create like this:
195 function chpwd_profile_myprofilename() {
196 [[ ${profile} == ${CHPWD_PROFILE} ]] && return 1
197 print "chpwd(): Switching to profile: $profile"
202 That makes sure you only get notified if a profile is **changed**,
203 not everytime you change directory.
205 === Version requirement ===
206 This feature requires zsh //4.3.3// or newer.
209 == ACCEPTLINE WRAPPER ==
210 The //accept-line// wiget is the one that is taking action when the **return**
211 key is hit. //grmlzshrc// uses a wrapper around that widget, which adds new
214 This wrapper is configured via styles. That means, you issue commands, that look
218 zstyle 'context' style value
221 The context namespace, that we are using is 'acceptline'. That means, the actual
222 context for your commands look like: **':acceptline:<subcontext>'**.
224 Where **<subcontext>** is one of: **default**, **normal**, **force**, **misc**
228 === Recognized Contexts ===
230 This is the value, the context is initialized with.
231 The //compwarnfmt and //rehash// styles are looked up in this context.
234 If the first word in the command line is either a command, alias, function,
235 builtin or reserved word, you are in this context.
238 This is the context, that is used if you hit enter again, after being warned
239 about the existence of a _completion for the non-existing command you
243 This is the context, you are in if the command line is empty or only
244 consists of whitespace.
247 This context is in effect, if you entered something that does not match any
248 of the above. (e.g.: variable assignments).
251 === Available Styles ===
253 If you set this style to true, the warning about non existent commands,
254 for which completions exist will not be issued. (Default: **false**)
257 The message, that is displayed to warn about the _completion issue.
258 (default: **'%c will not execute and completion %f exists.'**)
259 '%c' is replaced by the command name, '%f' by the completion's name.
262 If this is set, we'll force rehashing, if appropriate. (Defaults to
263 **true** in //grmlzshrc//).
266 This can be a list of wigdets to call in a given context. If you need a
267 specific order for these to be called, name them accordingly. The default value
268 is an **empty list**.
271 The name of a widget, that is called after the widgets from 'actions'.
272 By default, this will be '.accept-line' (which is the built-in accept-line
276 If true in the current context, call the widget in the 'default_action'
277 style. (The default is **true** in all contexts.)
283 == GNU/SCREEN STATUS SETTING ==
284 //grmlzshrc// sets screen's hardstatus lines to the currently running command
285 or **'zsh'** if the shell is idling at its prompt. If the current working
286 directory is inside a repository unter version control, screen status is set
287 to: **'zsh: <repository name>'** via zsh's vcs_info.
290 == PERSISTENT HISTORY ==
291 If you got commands you consider important enough to be included in every
292 shell's history, you can put them into ~/.important_commands and they will be
293 available via the usual history lookup widgets.
297 == ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ==
298 //grmlzshrc// sets some environment variables, which influence the
299 behaviour of applications.
302 Set to "yes". Some applications read this to learn about properties
303 of the terminal they are running in.
306 If not already set, sets the default editor. Falls back to vi(1),
307 if vim(1) is not available.
310 Some environment variables that add colour support to less(1) for viewing
311 man pages. See termcap(5) for details.
314 The mailbox file for the current user is set to /var/mail/$USER, if not
315 already set otherwise.
318 Set less(1) as default pager, if not already set to something different.
321 Holds the path to shared files for the C++ application framework QT
325 Set explicitly to /bin/zsh, to prevent certain terminal emulators to
326 default to /bin/sh or /bin/bash.
330 Apart from zsh's default options, //grmlzshrc// sets some options
331 that change the behaviour of zsh. Options that change Z-shell's default
332 settings are marked by <grml>. But note, that zsh's defaults vary depending
333 on its emulation mode (csh, ksh, sh, or zsh). For details, see zshoptions(1).
336 Zsh sessions, that use //grmlzshrc//, will append their history list to the
337 history file, rather than replace it. Thus, multiple parallel zsh sessions
338 will all have the new entries from their history lists added to the history
339 file, in the order that they exit. The file will still be periodically
340 re-written to trim it when the number of lines grows 20% beyond the value
341 specified by $SAVEHIST.
344 If a command is issued that can't be executed as a normal command, and the
345 command is the name of a directory, perform the cd command to that directory.
347 : **auto_pushd** <grml>
348 Make cd push the old directory onto the directory stack.
350 : **completeinword** <grml>
351 If the cursor is inside a word, completion is done from both ends;
352 instead of moving the cursor to the end of the word first and starting
355 : **extended_glob** <grml>
356 Treat the '#', '~' and '^' characters as active globbing pattern characters.
358 : **extended_history** <grml>
359 Save each command's beginning timestamp (in seconds since the epoch) and the
360 duration (in seconds) to the history file.
363 Whenever a command completion is attempted, make sure the entire command
364 path is hashed first. This makes the first completion slower.
366 : **histignorealldups** <grml>
367 If a new command line being added to the history list duplicates an
368 older one, the older command is removed from the list, even if it is
369 not the previous event.
371 : **histignorespace** <grml>
372 Remove command lines from the history list when the first character on
373 the line is a space, or when one of the expanded aliases contains a
374 leading space. Note that the command lingers in the internal history
375 until the next command is entered before it vanishes.
377 : **longlistjobs** <grml>
378 List jobs in long format by default.
381 Avoid to beep on errors in zsh command line editing (zle).
384 A wildcard character never matches a leading '.'.
387 Do not send the hangup signal (HUP:1) to running jobs when the shell exits.
389 : **nonomatch** <grml>
390 If a pattern for filename generation has no matches, do not print an error
391 and leave it unchanged in the argument list. This also applies to file
392 expansion of an initial `~' or `='.
395 Report the status of background jobs immediately, rather than waiting until
396 just before printing a prompt.
398 : **pushd_ignore_dups** <grml>
399 Don't push multiple copies of the same directory onto the directory stack.
401 : **share_history** <grml>
402 As each line is added to the history file, it is checked to see if anything
403 else was written out by another shell, and if so it is included in the
404 history of the current shell too. Using !-style history, the commands from
405 the other sessions will not appear in the history list unless you explicitly
406 type the "history" command. This option is activated for zsh versions >= 4,
411 Apart from zsh's default key bindings, //grmlzshrc// comes with its own set of
412 key bindings. Note that bindings like **ESC-e** can also be typed as **ALT-e**
416 Edit the current command buffer in your favourite editor.
419 Deletes a word left of the cursor; seeing '/' as additional word separator.
422 Jump right after the first word.
425 Create directory under cursor or the selected area.
426 To select an area press ctrl-@ and use the cursor.
427 Use case: you type "mv abc ~/testa/testb/testc/" and remember that the
428 directory does not exist yet -> press **CTRL-xM** and problem solved.
431 Searches the last occurence of string before the cursor in the command history.
434 Display help on keybindings and zsh line editor. Press consecutively to page through content.
437 Brings a job, which got suspended with CTRL-z back to foreground.
440 == SHELL FUNCTIONS ==
441 //grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of defined shell functions to ease the
444 : **855resolution()**
445 If 915resolution is available, issues a warning to the user to run it instead
446 to modify the resolution on intel graphics chipsets.
449 Lists files in current directory, which have been accessed within the
450 last N days. N is an integer to be passed as first and only argument.
451 If no argument is specified N is set to 1.
454 Searches for USENET postings from authors using google groups.
457 Sets all ulimit values to "unlimited".
460 Lists processes matching given pattern.
462 : **aoeu(), asdf(), uiae()**
463 Pressing the 'asdf' keys toggles between dvorak or neon and us keyboard
466 : **apache2-ssl-certificate()**
467 Advices the user how to create self signed certificates.
470 Login on the host provided as argument using autossh. Then reattach a GNU screen
471 session if a detached session is around or detach a currently attached screen or
472 else start a new screen. This is especially useful for roadwarriors using GNU
476 Simple backup of a file or directory using cp(1). The target file name is the
477 original name plus a time stamp attached. Symlinks and file attributes like mode,
478 ownership and timestamps are preserved.
481 Runs a recursive diff(1) over two given directories trying to find the
482 smallest set of changes. Three lines of context will be printed and binary
486 If the original cdrecord is not installed, issues a warning to the user to
487 use the wodim binary instead. Wodim is the debian fork of Joerg Schillings
491 Creates a temporary directory using mktemp. Then changes current
492 working directory to it.
495 Lists files in current directory, which have been changed within the
496 last N days. N is an integer to be passed as first and only argument.
497 If no argument is specified N is set to 1.
500 Returns true if given command exists either as program, function, alias,
501 builtin or reserved word. If the option -c is given, only returns true,
502 if command is a program.
505 Changes directory to $HOME on first invocation of zsh. This is neccessary on
506 grml systems with autologin.
509 Changes current directory to the one supplied by argument and lists the files
510 in it, including file names starting with ".".
513 Adds and commits the given files using cvs(1). The commit message will be
517 Shows a cvs diff of the arguments in $PAGER.
520 Shows the cvs log in $PAGER.
526 Generates a changelog using rcs2log and shows it in $PAGER.
529 Shows cvs status of given files.
532 Shows the changelog of given package in $PAGER.
535 Searches the Debian bug tracking system (bugs.debian.org) for Bug numbers,
536 email addresses of submitters or any string given on the command line.
539 Shows bug report for debian given by number in mailbox format.
542 Tells the user to use grml-debootstrap, if she wants to install debian to
546 A trick from $LINUX-KERNELSOURCE/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt. It brings
547 back interactive responsiveness after suspend, when the system is swapping
551 Translates C source code to assembly and ouputs both.
554 Searches for the first argument (optional) in the Open Directory Project
555 (See http://www.dmoz.org/docs/en/about.html).
558 Shows the NEWS file for the given package in $PAGER.
561 Takes packagename as argument. Sets current working directory to
562 /usr/share/doc/<packagename> and prints out a directory listing.
565 Looks up the first argument (optional) in the german Wiktionary
566 which is an online dictionary (See: http://de.wiktionary.org/).
572 Edit given shell function.
575 Looks up the first argument (optional in the english Wiktionary
576 which is an online dictionary (See: http://en.wiktionary.org/).
579 Renames image files based on date/time informations in their exif headers.
582 Opens given URL with Firefox (Iceweasel on Debian). If there is already an
583 instance of firefox running, attaches to the first window found and opens the
584 URL in a new tab (this even works across an ssh session).
587 Reloads an autoloadable shell function (See autoload in zshbuiltins(1)).
590 Fetches 3ware RAID controller software using get_3ware(1).
593 Performs an exact (i. e. quoted) web search using Google.
596 Searches the arguments on Google Groups, a web to USENET gateway.
599 Searches the search engine Google using arguments as search string.
602 Prints the hexadecimal representation of the number supplied as argument
606 Use GNU diff with options -ubwd for mercurial.
609 Displays diffstat between the revision given as argument and tip (no
610 argument means last revision).
613 Outputs highlighted diff; needs highstring(1).
616 Sets up an IPv6 tunnel on interface sit1. Needs one argument -
617 either "start", "stop" or "status".
620 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4, else false.
623 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4.1, else false.
626 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4.2, else false.
629 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4.2.5, else false.
632 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4.3, else false.
635 Returns true, if zsh version is equal or greater than 4.3.3, else false.
638 Returns true, if running on darwin, else false.
641 Returns true, if running on a grml system, else false.
644 Returns true, if running on a grml system from a live cd, else false.
647 Returns true, if run on grml-small, else false.
650 Changes every occurrence of the string iso885915 or ISO885915 in
651 environment variables to UTF-8.
654 Returns true, if run within an utf environment, else false.
657 Searches a wireless interface and runs dhclient(8) on it.
660 Lists images (i. e. files ending with ".jpg", ".gif" or ".png") in current
664 Creates a PostScript and a PDF file (basename as first argument) from
668 Shows the zshall manpage and jumps to the first match of the regular
669 expression optionally given as argument (Needs qma(1)).
672 Creates directory including parent directories, if necessary. Then changes
673 current working directory to it.
676 Diffs the two arguments recursively and writes the
677 output (unified format) to a timestamped file.
680 Prints the summarized memory usage in bytes.
683 Searches Google Groups for a USENET message-ID.
685 : **minimal-shell()**
686 Spawns a minimally set up MirBSD Korn shell. It references no files in /usr,
687 so that file system can be unmounted.
690 Lists files in current directory, which have been modified within the
691 last N days. N is an integer to be passed as first and only argument.
692 If no argument is specified N is set to 1.
695 Asks netcraft.com for informations about the site given as argument.
698 A helper function for the "e" glob qualifier to list all files newer
699 than a reference file.
703 % NTREF=/reference/file
706 % ls -l *(e:'nt /reference/file':)
710 Translates the given word using the english - german online
711 dictionary dict.leo.org.
714 Evaluates a perl expression; useful as command line
715 calculator, therefore also available as "calc".
718 Runs a command in $SHELL with profiling enabled (See startup variable
719 ZSH_PROFILE_RC above).
722 Reloads functions given as parameters.
725 Creates an alias whith sudo prepended, if $EUID is not zero. Run "salias -h"
726 for details. See also xunfunction() below.
729 Reimplementation of the csh(1) builtin setenv.
732 Lists the contents of a (compressed) archive with the appropriate programs.
733 The choice is made along the filename extension.
736 Lists the content of a gzipped tar archive in default pager.
739 Shows the content of a zip archive in default pager.
741 : **simple-extract()**
742 Tries to uncompress/unpack given files with the appropriate programs. If an URI
743 starting with https, http or ftp is provided simple-extract tries to download
744 and then uncompress/unpack the file. The choice is made along the filename
745 ending. simple-extract will not delete the original archive (even on .gz,.bz2 or
746 .xz) unless you use the '-d' option.
749 Prints details of symlinks given as arguments.
751 : **smartcompress()**
752 Compresses/archives the file given as first parameter. Takes an optional
753 second argument, which denotes the compression/archive type as typical
754 filename extension; defaults to "tar.gz".
757 Creates directory named shots in user's home directory, if it does not yet
758 exist and changes current working directory to it. Then sleeps 5 seconds,
759 so you have plenty of time to switch desktops/windows. Then makes a screenshot
760 of the current desktop. The result is stored in ~/shots to a timestamped
763 : **ssl-cert-fingerprints**
764 Prints the SHA512, SHA256, SHA1 and MD5 digest of a x509 certificate.
765 First and only parameter must be a file containing a certificate. Use
766 /dev/stdin as file if you want to pipe a certificate to these
770 Prints all information of a x509 certificate including the SHA512,
771 SHA256, SHA1 and MD5 digests. First and only parameter must be a file
772 containing a certificate. Use /dev/stdin as file if you want to pipe a
773 certificate to this function.
775 : **ssl-cert-sha512(), ssl-cert-sha256(), ssl-cert-sha1(), ssl-cert-md5()**
776 Prints the SHA512, SHA256, SHA1 respective MD5 digest of a x509
777 certificate. First and only parameter must be a file containing a
778 certificate. Use /dev/stdin as file if you want to pipe a certificate
781 : **Start(), Restart(), Stop(), Force-Reload(), Reload()**
782 Functions for controlling daemons.
789 Searches articles in the german Wikipedia for the term given as argument.
792 Translates a word from german to english (-D) or vice versa (-E).
795 Shows upstreams changelog of a given package in $PAGER.
798 Makes a unified diff of the command line arguments trying hard to find a
799 smaller set of changes. Descends recursively into subdirectories. Ignores
800 hows some information about current status.
803 Downloads and displays a file using a suitable program for its
807 Works around the "print -l ${(u)foo}"-limitation on zsh older than 4.2.
810 Changes every occurrence of the string UTF-8 or utf-8 in environment
811 variables to iso885915.
817 Wrapper for vim(1). It tries to set the title and hands vim the environment
818 variable VIM_OPTIONS on the command line. So the user may define command
819 line options, she always wants, in her .zshrc.local.
822 Searches the history for a given pattern and lists the results by date.
823 The first argument is the search pattern. The second and third ones are
824 optional and denote a search range (default: -100).
827 Looks up the argument on Wikipedia (german).
830 Looks up the argument on Wikipedia (english).
833 Searches the list of official debian packages for the term given as
834 first argument. The optional second argument denotes the distribution
835 (stable, testing or unstable) and defaults to unstable.
838 Tries to cat(1) file(s) given as parameter(s). Always returns true.
839 See also xunfunction() below.
842 Tries to source the file(s) given as parameter(s). Always returns true.
843 See zshbuiltins(1) for a detailed description of the source command.
844 See also xunfunction() below.
847 Changes the title of xterm window from within screen(1). Run without
848 arguments for details.
851 Removes the functions salias, xcat, xsource, xunfunction and zrcautoload.
854 Search for patterns in grml's zshrc using perl. zg takes no or exactly one
855 option plus a non empty pattern. Run zg without any arguments for a listing
856 of available command line switches. For a zshrc not in /etc/zsh, set the
857 GRML_ZSHRC environment variable.
860 Wrapper around the autoload builtin. Loads the definitions of functions
861 from the file given as argument. Searches $fpath for the file. See also
865 Sources /etc/zsh/zshrc.local and ${HOME}/.zshrc.local. These are the files
866 where own modifications should go. See also zshbuiltins(1) for a description
867 of the source command.
871 //grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of predefined aliases to ease the user's
872 life. A few aliases (like those involving //grep// or //ls//) use the option
873 //--color=auto// for colourizing output. That option is part of **GNU**
874 implementations of these tools, and will only be used if such an implementation
877 : **acp** (//apt-cache policy//)
878 With no arguments prints out the priorities of each source. If a package name
879 is given, it displays detailed information about the priority selection of the
882 : **acs** (//apt-cache search//)
883 Searches debian package lists for the regular expression provided as argument.
884 The search includes package names and descriptions. Prints out name and short
885 description of matching packages.
887 : **acsh** (//apt-cache show//)
888 Shows the package records for the packages provided as arguments.
890 : **adg** (//apt-get dist-upgrade//)
891 Performs an upgrade of all installed packages. Also tries to automatically
892 handle changing dependencies with new versions of packages. As this may change
893 the install status of (or even remove) installed packages, it is potentially
894 dangerous to use dist-upgrade; invoked by sudo, if necessary.
896 : **ag** (//apt-get upgrade//)
897 Downloads and installs the newest versions of all packages currently installed
898 on the system. Under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed,
899 or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of
900 currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install
901 status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must
902 be performed first (see au below); run by sudo, if necessary.
904 : **agi** (//apt-get install//)
905 Downloads and installs or upgrades the packages given on the command line.
906 If a hyphen is appended to the package name, the identified package will be
907 removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
908 package to install. This may be useful to override decisions made by apt-get's
909 conflict resolution system.
910 A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by following
911 the package name with an equals and the version of the package to select. This
912 will cause that version to be located and selected for install. Alternatively a
913 specific distribution can be selected by following the package name with a slash
914 and the version of the distribution or the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).
915 Gets invoked by sudo, if user id is not 0.
917 : **ati** (//aptitude install//)
918 Aptitude is a terminal-based package manager with a command line mode similar to
919 apt-get (see agi above); invoked by sudo, if necessary.
921 : **au** (//apt-get update//)
922 Resynchronizes the package index files from their sources. The indexes of
923 available packages are fetched from the location(s) specified in
924 /etc/apt/sources.list. An update should always be performed before an
925 upgrade or dist-upgrade; run by sudo, if necessary.
927 : **calc** (//peval//)
928 Evaluates a perl expression (see peval() above); useful as a command line
931 : **CH** (//./configure --help//)
932 Lists available compilation options for building program from source.
934 : **cmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev//)
935 Video player with framebuffer as video output device, so you can watch
936 videos on a virtual tty. Hint: Using fbdev2 allows you to use the shell
937 while watching a movie.
939 : **CO** (//./configure//)
940 Prepares compilation for building program from source.
942 : **cp** (//nocorrect cp//)
943 cp(1) without spelling correction.
945 : **da** (//du -sch//)
946 Prints the summarized disk usage of the arguments as well as a grand total
947 in human readable format.
949 : **dbp** (//dpkg-buildpackage//)
950 Builds binary or source packages from sources (See: dpkg-buildpackage(1)).
952 : **debs-by-size** (//grep-status -FStatus -sInstalled-Size,Package -n "install ok installed" | paste -sd " \n" | sort -rn//)
953 Prints installed Packages sorted by size (descending).
955 : **default** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
956 Sets font of xterm to "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15"
957 using escape sequence.
959 : **dir** (//ls -lSrah//)
960 Lists files (including dot files) sorted by size (biggest last) in long and
961 human readable output format.
963 : **fblinks** (//links2 -driver fb//)
964 A Web browser on the framebuffer device. So you can browse images and click
965 links on the virtual tty.
967 : **fbmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom//)
968 Fullscreen Video player with the framebuffer as video output device. So you
969 can watch videos on a virtual tty.
972 Revision control system by Linus Torvalds.
974 : **ge** (//grep-excuses//)
975 Searches the testing excuses files for a specific maintainer (See:
978 : **grep** (//grep --color=auto//)
979 Shows grep output in nice colors, if available.
981 : **GREP** (//grep -i --color=auto//)
982 Case insensitive grep with colored output.
984 : **grml-rebuildfstab** (//rebuildfstab -v -r -config//)
985 Scans for new devices and updates /etc/fstab according to the findings.
987 : **grml-version** (//cat /etc/grml_version//)
988 Prints version of running grml.
990 : **hbp** (//hg-buildpackage//)
991 Helper program to maintain Debian packages with mercurial.
993 : **http** (//python -m SimpleHTTPServer//)
994 Basic HTTP server implemented in python. Listens on port 8000/tcp and
995 serves current directory. Implements GET and HEAD methods.
997 : **insecscp** (//scp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"//)
998 scp with possible man-in-the-middle attack enabled. This is convenient, if the targets
999 host key changes frequently, for example on virtualized test- or development-systems.
1000 To be used only inside trusted networks, of course.
1002 : **insecssh** (//ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"//)
1003 ssh with possible man-in-the-middle attack enabled
1004 (for an explanation see insecscp above).
1006 : **help-zshglob** (//H-Glob()//)
1007 Runs the function H-Glob() to expand or explain wildcards.
1009 : **hide** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1010 Tries to hide xterm window using escape sequence.
1012 : **hidiff** (//histring -fE '^Comparing files .*|^diff .*' | histring -c yellow -fE '^\-.*' | histring -c green -fE '^\+.*'//)
1013 If histring(1) is installed, highlight important stuff in diff(1) output.
1015 : **huge** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1016 Sets huge font in xterm ("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-210-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15")
1017 using escape sequence.
1019 : **j** (//jobs -l//)
1020 Prints status of jobs in the current shell session in long format.
1022 : **l** (//ls -lF --color=auto//)
1023 Lists files in long output format with indicator for filetype appended
1024 to filename. If the terminal supports it, with colored output.
1026 : **la** (//ls -la --color=auto//)
1027 Lists files in long colored output format. Including file names
1030 : **lad** (//ls -d .*(/)//)
1031 Lists the dot directories (not their contents) in current directory.
1033 : **large** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1034 Sets large font in xterm ("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-150-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15")
1035 using escape sequence.
1037 : **lh** (//ls -hAl --color=auto//)
1038 Lists files in long and human readable output format in nice colors,
1039 if available. Includes file names starting with "." except "." and
1042 : **ll** (//ls -l --color=auto//)
1043 Lists files in long colored output format.
1045 : **llog** (//$PAGER /var/log/syslog//)
1046 Opens syslog in pager.
1048 : **ls** (//ls -b -CF --color=auto//)
1049 Lists directory printing octal escapes for nongraphic characters.
1050 Entries are listed by columns and an indicator for file type is appended
1051 to each file name. Additionally the output is colored, if the terminal
1054 : **lsa** (//ls -a .*(.)//)
1055 Lists dot files in current working directory.
1057 : **lsbig** (//ls -flh *(.OL[1,10])//)
1058 Displays the ten biggest files (long and human readable output format).
1060 : **lsd** (//ls -d *(/)//)
1063 : **lse** (//ls -d *(/^F)//)
1064 Shows empty directories.
1066 : **lsl** (//ls -l *(@)//)
1067 Lists symbolic links in current directory.
1069 : **lsnew** (//ls -rl *(D.om[1,10])//)
1070 Displays the ten newest files (long output format).
1072 : **lsold** (//ls -rtlh *(D.om[1,10])//)
1073 Displays the ten oldest files (long output format).
1075 : **lss** (//ls -l *(s,S,t)//)
1076 Lists files in current directory that have the setuid, setgid or sticky bit
1079 : **lssmall** (//ls -Srl *(.oL[1,10])//)
1080 Displays the ten smallest files (long output format).
1082 : **lsw** (//ls -ld *(R,W,X.^ND/)//)
1083 Displays all files which are world readable and/or world writable and/or
1084 world executable (long output format).
1086 : **lsx** (//ls -l *(*)//)
1087 Lists only executable files.
1089 : **md** (//mkdir -p//)
1090 Creates directory including parent directories, if necessary
1092 : **mdstat** (//cat /proc/mdstat//)
1093 Lists all active md (i.e. linux software raid) devices with some information
1096 : **medium** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1097 Sets medium sized font
1098 ("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-15") in xterm
1099 using escape sequence.
1101 : **mkdir** (//nocorrect mkdir//)
1102 mkdir(1) without spelling correction.
1104 : **mq** (//hg -R $(readlink -f $(hg root)/.hg/patches)//)
1105 Executes the commands on the versioned patch queue from current repository.
1107 : **mv** (//nocorrect mv//)
1108 mv(1) without spelling correction.
1110 : **rd** (//rmdir//)
1111 Short rmdir(1) (remove directory).
1113 : **rm** (//nocorrect rm//)
1114 rm(1) without spelling correction.
1116 : **rmcdir** (//'cd ..; rmdir $OLDPWD || cd $OLDPWD//)
1117 rmdir current working directory
1119 : **screen** (///usr/bin/screen -c ${HOME}/.screenrc//)
1120 If invoking user is root, starts screen session with /etc/grml/screenrc
1121 as config file. If invoked by a regular user, start a screen session
1122 with users .screenrc config if it exists, else use /etc/grml/screenrc_grml
1125 : **rw-** (//chmod 600//)
1126 Grants read and write permission of a file to the owner and nobody else.
1128 : **rwx** (//chmod 700//)
1129 Grants read, write and execute permission of a file to the owner and nobody
1132 : **r--** (//chmod 644//)
1133 Grants read and write permission of a file to the owner and read-only to
1136 : **r-x** (//chmod 755//)
1137 Grants read, write and execute permission of a file to the owner and
1138 read-only plus execute permission to anybody else.
1140 : **S** (//screen//)
1141 Short for screen(1).
1146 : **semifont** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1147 Sets font of xterm to
1148 "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15" using
1151 : **small** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1152 Sets small xterm font ("6x10") using escape sequence.
1154 : **smartfont** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1155 Sets font of xterm to "-artwiz-smoothansi-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" using
1158 : **su** (//sudo su//)
1159 If user is running a grml live-CD, dont ask for any password, if she
1162 : **term2iso** (//echo 'Setting terminal to iso mode' ; print -n '\e%@'//)
1163 Sets mode from UTF-8 to ISO 2022 (See:
1164 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#term).
1166 : **term2utf** (//echo 'Setting terminal to utf-8 mode'; print -n '\e%G'//)
1167 Sets mode from ISO 2022 to UTF-8 (See:
1168 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#term).
1170 : **tiny** (//echo -en [ escape sequence ]//)
1171 Sets tiny xterm font
1172 ("-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-80-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15") using escape
1175 : **tlog** (//tail -f /var/log/syslog//)
1176 Prints syslog continuously (See tail(1)).
1178 : **top10** (//print -l ? ${(o)history%% *} | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -n 10//)
1179 Prints the ten most used shell commands.
1181 : **truec** (//truecrypt [ mount options ]//)
1182 Mount a truecrypt volume with some reasonable mount options
1183 ("rw,sync,dirsync,users,uid=1000,gid=users,umask=077" and "utf8", if
1186 : **up** (//aptitude update ; aptitude safe-upgrade//)
1187 Performs a system update followed by a system upgrade using aptitude; run
1188 by sudo, if necessary. See au and ag above.
1190 : **url-quote** (//autoload -U url-quote-magic ; zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic//)
1191 After calling, characters of URLs as typed get automatically escaped, if necessary, to
1192 protect them from the shell.
1194 : **0** (//return 0//)
1195 Gives a clean prompt (i.e. without $?).
1197 : **$(uname -r)-reboot** (//kexec -l --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-"$(uname -r)" --command-line=\"$(cat /proc/cmdline)\" /boot/vmlinuz-"$(uname -r)"//)
1198 Reboots using kexec(8) and thus reduces boot time by skipping hardware initialization of BIOS/firmware.
1200 : **...** (//cd ../..///)
1201 Changes current directory two levels higher.
1203 : **?** (//qma zshall//)
1204 Runs the grml script qma (quick manual access) to build the collected man
1205 pages for the z-shell. This compressed file is kept at
1206 ~/man/zshall.txt.lzo Once it is built, the second use of the alias '?' is
1207 fast. See "man qma" for further information.
1211 This is a set of files, that - if they exist - can be used to customize the
1212 behaviour of //grmlzshrc//.
1215 Sourced at the very beginning of //grmlzshrc//. Among other things, it can
1216 be used to permantenly change //grmlzshrc//'s STARTUP VARIABLES (see above):
1219 # show battery status in RPROMPT
1221 # always load the complete setup, even for root
1222 GRML_ALWAYS_LOAD_ALL=1
1226 Sourced right before loading //grmlzshrc// is finished. There is a global
1227 version of this file (/etc/zsh/zshrc.local) which is sourced before the
1231 Directory listing for persistent dirstack (see above).
1233 : **.important_commands**
1234 List of commands, used by persistent history (see above).
1237 = INSTALLATION ON NON-DEBIAN SYSTEMS =
1238 On Debian systems (http://www.debian.org) - and possibly Ubuntu
1239 (http://www.ubuntu.com) and similar systems - it is very easy to get
1240 //grmlzshrc// via grml's .deb repositories.
1242 On non-debian systems, that is not an option, but all is not lost:
1245 % wget -O .zshrc http://git.grml.org/f/grml-etc-core/etc/zsh/zshrc
1248 If you would also like to get seperate function files (which you can put into
1249 your **$fpath**), you can browse and download them at:
1251 http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=tree;f=usr_share_grml/zsh;hb=HEAD
1253 = ZSH REFCARD TAGS =
1254 If you read //grmlzshrc//'s code you may notice strange looking comments in
1255 it. These are there for a purpose. grml's zsh-refcard is automatically
1256 generated from the contents of the actual configuration file. However, we need
1257 a little extra information on which comments and what lines of code to take
1258 into account (and for what purpose).
1260 Here is what they mean:
1262 List of tags (comment types) used:
1264 Next line contains an important alias, that should be included in the
1265 grml-zsh-refcard. (placement tag: @@INSERT-aliases@@)
1268 Next line contains the beginning of an important function. (placement
1269 tag: @@INSERT-functions@@)
1272 Next line contains an important variable. (placement tag:
1273 @@INSERT-variables@@)
1276 Next line contains an important keybinding. (placement tag:
1277 @@INSERT-keybindings@@)
1280 Hashed directories list generation: //start//: denotes the start of a list of
1281 'hash -d' definitions. //end//: denotes its end. (placement tag:
1282 @@INSERT-hasheddirs@@)
1285 Abbreviation expansion list generation: //start//: denotes the beginning of
1286 abbreviations. //end//: denotes their end.
1288 Lines within this section that end in '#d .*' provide extra documentation to
1289 be included in the refcard. (placement tag: @@INSERT-abbrev@@)
1292 This tag allows you to manually generate refcard entries for code lines that
1293 are hard/impossible to parse.
1297 #m# k ESC-h Call the run-help function
1300 That would add a refcard entry in the keybindings table for 'ESC-h' with the
1303 So the syntax is: #m# <section> <argument> <comment>
1306 This tag lets you insert entries to the 'other' hash. Generally, this should
1307 not be used. It is there for things that cannot be done easily in another way.
1308 (placement tag: @@INSERT-other-foobar@@)
1311 All of these tags (except for m and o) take two arguments, the first
1312 within the tag, the other after the tag:
1314 #<tag><section># <comment>
1316 Where <section> is really just a number, which are defined by the @secmap
1317 array on top of 'genrefcard.pl'. The reason for numbers instead of names is,
1318 that for the reader, the tag should not differ much from a regular comment.
1319 For zsh, it is a regular comment indeed. The numbers have got the following
1344 So, the following will add an entry to the 'functions' table in the 'system'
1345 section, with a (hopefully) descriptive comment:
1348 #f1# Edit an alias via zle
1352 It will then show up in the @@INSERT-aliases-system@@ replacement tag that can
1353 be found in 'grml-zsh-refcard.tex.in'. If the section number is omitted, the
1354 'default' section is assumed. Furthermore, in 'grml-zsh-refcard.tex.in'
1355 @@INSERT-aliases@@ is exactly the same as @@INSERT-aliases-default@@. If you
1356 want a list of **all** aliases, for example, use @@INSERT-aliases-all@@.
1360 If you want to help to improve grml's zsh setup, clone the grml-etc-core
1361 repository from git.grml.org:
1363 ``` % git clone git://git.grml.org/grml-etc-core.git
1365 Make your changes, commit them; use '**git format-patch**' to create a series
1366 of patches and send those to the following address via '**git send-email**':
1368 ``` grml-etc-core@grml.org
1370 Doing so makes sure the right people get your patches for review and
1375 This manual page is the **reference** manual for //grmlzshrc//.
1377 That means that in contrast to the existing refcard it should document **every**
1378 aspect of the setup.
1380 This manual is currently not complete. If you want to help improving it, visit
1381 the following pages:
1383 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=zshrcmanual
1385 http://lists.mur.at/pipermail/grml/2009-August/004609.html
1387 Contributions are highly welcome.
1391 This manpage was written by Frank Terbeck <ft@grml.org>, Joerg Woelke
1392 <joewoe@fsmail.de>, Maurice McCarthy <manselton@googlemail.com> and Axel
1393 Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>.
1397 Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Grml project <http://grml.org>
1399 This manpage is distributed under the terms of the GPL version 2.
1401 Most parts of grml's zshrc are distributed under the terms of GPL v2, too,
1402 except for **accept-line()** which are distributed under the same conditions
1403 as zsh itself (which is BSD-like).