zsh(1)

NAME

zsh - the Z shell

SYNOPSIS

Because zsh contains many features,  the  zsh  manual  has
been split into a number of sections:
   zsh          Zsh overview (this section)
   zshbuiltins  Zsh built-in functions
   zshcompctl   Zsh completion control
   zshexpn      Zsh command and parameter expansion
   zshparam     Zsh parameters
   zshzle       Zsh command line editing
   zshoptions   Zsh options
   zshmisc      Currently everything else
   zshall       Meta-man page containing all of the above

DESCRIPTION

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an in

teractive login shell and as a shell script command processor.

Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles ksh but in

cludes many enhancements. Zsh has comand line editing, builtin

spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell func

tions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of oth

er features.

INVOCATION OPTIONS

If the -s flag is not present and an argument is given,

the first argument is taken to be the pathname of a script to ex

ecute. The remaining arguments are assigned to the positional

parameters. The following flags are interpreted by the shell

when invoked:

-c string

Read commands from string.

-i Force shell to be interactive.
-s Read command from the standard input.

STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FILES

Commands are first read from %zshenv%. If the RCS option

is unset within %zshenv%, all other initialization files are

skipped. Otherwise, commands are read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv.

(If ZDOTDIR is unset, HOME is used instead). If the first char

acter of argument zero passed to the shell is -, or if the -l

flag is present, then the shell is assumed to be a login shell,

and commands are read from /etc/zsh30/zprofile and then

$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. Then, if the shell is interactive, commands

are read from %zshrc% and then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc. Finally, if the

shell is a login shell, /etc/zsh30/zlogin and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin

are read.

FILES

$ZDOTDIR/.zshenv
$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile
$ZDOTDIR/.zshrc
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogin
$ZDOTDIR/.zlogout
${TMPPREFIX}* (default is /tmp/zsh*)
%zshenv%
/etc/zsh30/zprofile
%zshrc%
/etc/zsh30/zlogin
/etc/zsh30/zlogout

AUTHOR

Zsh was originally written by Paul Falstad <pjf@cts.com>.

Zsh is now maintained by the members of the zsh workers mailing

list zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu. The development is currently

coordinated by Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@cs.elte.hu>.

SEE ALSO

sh(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), rc(1), bash(1), ksh(1),

zshbuiltins(1), zshcompctl(1), zshexpn(1), zshparam(1),

zshzle(1), zshoptions(1), zshmisc(1).

IEEE Standard for information Technology - Portable

Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and Utilities,

IEEE Inc, 1993, ISBN 1-55937-255-9.

zsh version 3.0 June 26, 1996

ZSH(1)