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How to `zcompile` global (system-wide) zsh scripts?
For my local dotfiles I have this snippet at the end of my .zshrc:
for f in ~/.zshrc ~/.zshenv ; do
[ "${f}"(:A) -ot "$f".zwc ] || zcompile "$f"
done
This ensures ...
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bash automatically executing a tool-specific configuration file on login
My project uses an internal tool on Linux, that uses a file called .spacerc for configuring some environmental variables.
The strange thing is, whenever I start a (non-login interactive) bash shell - ...
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zsh - differentiate between source ~/.zshrc and shell initially reading .zshrc
Is there a command or environment variable that I can test for in my ~/.zshrc that that would differentiate between when I run source ~/.zshrc to update my configuration and when the shell reads ~/....
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What does this zsh for syntax mean?
I working on source controlling my dotfiles and a lof of what I'm doing is based off of Zach Holman's dotfiles. I want to source all zsh files like he does in his files but before I just throw the ...
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Can I keep . and .. out of .* expansion?
I often find it annoying (or worse) when I type
command .*
in bash and the command applies to the parent directory and current directory. Is there some shell option or other configuration I can ...
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shell dotfiles and *rcs: what's a sane setup?
A bash user will eventually end up with .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, and maybe some more.
Now, each file gets loaded unders particular situations, and it all leads to confusion and frustration. ...
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