Learning Zsh

1h 44mIntermediate2019-09-11

Authors

Scott Simpson

Creating Technology Courses as a Senior Staff Author at LinkedIn

Course details

The Z-Shell, or Zsh, is a powerful shell that helps you get your command-line tasks done quickly and effectively. It’s widely available and is the new default shell on macOS. While Zsh is largely compatible with Bash, it offers many useful features—from history recall to spell-check—that can enhance your workflow. In this course, discover how Zsh works, how to configure it, and how to extend it with plugins. Instructor Scott Simpson goes over the many capabilities of Zsh, highlighting functionality that Zsh offers that other shells may not.

Learning objectives
Using Zsh as your primary shell
Functions in Zsh
Navigating your file system with Zsh
Finding files and commands
Autocompletion in Zsh
Recalling and using previous commands
Writing scripts using Zsh
Configuring Zsh
Customizing the prompt

Skills covered

UnixIT AutomationLearningNetwork and System AdministrationOpen Source

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introducing Zsh

1. Zsh Foundations

02 - Installation and initial configuration
03 - Using Zsh as your primary shell
04 - Environment and options
05 - Aliases and reserved words
06 - Functions
07 - Builtins and commands
08 - Finding help

2. Using Zsh

09 - Autocd and cd shorthand
10 - Directory stack and user dirs
11 - Finding files and commands
12 - Autocompletion
13 - Redirection and multios
14 - Command history
15 - History shell variables
16 - Expansions
17 - Renaming files with zmv
18 - Scripting

3. Customizing Zsh

19 - Configuration files
20 - Customizing the prompt
21 - Using the Oh-My-Zsh configuration manager
22 - Using Powerline themes

Conclusion

23 - Next steps