ZSH configuration

ZSH is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were added.

Installation

  1. Update and install ZSH can be installed on any linux based system using the following command:

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    sudo apt update
sudo apt install zsh -y

    This will update the system binaries and install the zsh shell on the system.

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    zsh --version

    This command will give you the version of zsh installed on the system and verify the installation.

  2. Change default shell

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    zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)
source ~/.zshrc

  3. install On My ZSH On My ZSH is a framework for managing your ZSH configuration. It includes many useful plugins, themes, and helpers.

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    sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

  4. Install syntax highlighting and autosuggestions

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    git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

  5. Enable extensions

    Open the zshrc file

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    nano ~/.zshrc

    Add (or replace) this line in the zshrc file

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    plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)