zsh Command Examples

Z SHell, a Bash-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: bash, histexpand. More information: https://www.zsh.org.

• Start an interactive shell session:

zsh

• Execute specific [c]ommands:

zsh -c "{{echo Hello world}}"

• Execute a specific script:

zsh {{path/to/script.zsh}}

• Check a specific script for syntax errors without executing it:

zsh --no-exec {{path/to/script.zsh}}

• Execute specific commands from stdin:

{{echo Hello world}} | zsh

• Execute a specific script, printing each command in the script before executing it:

zsh --xtrace {{path/to/script.zsh}}

• Start an interactive shell session in verbose mode, printing each command before executing it:

zsh --verbose

• Execute a specific command inside zsh with disabled glob patterns:

noglob {{command}}