(2x) zsh: command not found

Question

I've finally decided to take the plunge and try out zsh. Running on a CentOS 7 machine. The only thing I find strangely aggravating is that for some reason each time I enter an unknown command, I get command not found twice:

For example, if I type "fail"

zsh: fail: command not found...
zsh: command not found: fail

I can't for the life of me figure out why this is the case, or find anyone else that seems to have had this problem. Perhaps my Google-fu is not strong enough, but any pointers would be appreciated.

my .zsh is just the basic one so far:

HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=10000
SAVEHIST=10000

bindkey -e


zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/bmgraves/.zshrc'
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

with bash:

bash: fail: command not found...

tcsh:

fail: Command not found.



print $+functions[command_not_found_handler]

+zsh:2> print 1
 1

zsh -x:

+zsh:7> fail
+command_not_found_handle:1> local 'runcnf=1'
+command_not_found_handle:2> local 'retval=127'
+command_not_found_handle:5> [[ $- -regex-match i ]]
+command_not_found_handle:8> [ '!' -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ']'
+command_not_found_handle:11> [ '!' -x /usr/libexec/packagekitd ']'
+command_not_found_handle:14> [ ']'
+command_not_found_handle:17> [ 1 -eq 1 ']'
+command_not_found_handle:18> /usr/libexec/pk-command-not-found fail
zsh: fail: command not found...
+command_not_found_handle:19> retval=127
+command_not_found_handle:26> return 127
zsh: command not found: fail

Answer 1

When a command is not found, zsh invokes the function command_not_found_handler. A typical use for this function is to suggest a way to install the command, if it's part of a package that's part of your distribution but isn't installed.

In zsh, if the function returns a nonzero status, zsh prints its usual error message. Bash has a similar feature (there the function is called command_not_found_handle), but with a slight difference: in bash, if the command returns a nonzero status, bash doesn't print an error message.

From the trace, you seem to be using oh-my-zsh. It's calling pk-command-not-found, which is Fedora's command-not-found handler, and which prints its own error message because it was designed for bash. I don't see an obvious way to suppress one of the error messages. If this really bothers you, you can remove the command-not-found plugin from your oh-my-zsh configuration (in which case you won't get prompted to install the package containing a command if it's available in the repositories but not installed).