I have always used bash as it is the default shell on Debian. However, I started using zsh couple of days ago and find it pretty impressive. Here is a simple feature which makes switching to zsh worth while.
When doing tab completion the choices disappear after the string is completed! For example, say I have rajulocal@hogwarts ~/x % ls file* file10.txt file11.txt file12.txt file13.txt file1.txt file2.txt file3.csv file4.csv file5.tsv file6.tsv file7.txt file9.txt Now if I do rajulocal@hogwarts ~/x % ls file<tab> Completing files file2.txt file4.csv file6.tsv file7.txt file10.txt file12.txt file3.csv file5.tsv file1.txt file9.txt file11.txt file13.txt* and enter 12.txt, I get rajulocal@hogwarts ~/x % ls file12.txt file12.txt But the cool thing is that all those tab completion entries disappeared afterwards. This makes the konsole screen look much cleaner. I am using the default zshrc recommended by the debian maintainers. Also, I noticed that the popcon for zsh shows ~11,000 installations vs ~168,000 installations for bash. So it is not that popular among debian users. But it could be due to the fact that zsh is not the default shell on Debian. So I thought I'd share about my good experience and save others from "I wish I knew this years ago" moment. I, for sure, am having one at the moment. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cabpbyaf5ck3r1-6s5dwjxaysjmrqvpvplzpuo0-1nradehg...@mail.gmail.com
