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Invoking zmv from bash
I have recently discovered this technique for renaming files using zsh:
autoload zmv
zmv '(*).JPG' '$1.jpg'
which I can also write as:
autoload zmv; zmv '(*).JPG' '$1.jpg'
This works as advertised ...
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How to deal with filenames containing a single quote inside a zsh completion function?
I'm using the zsh shell and have the following code inside my .zshrc:
fpath=(~/.zsh/completion $fpath)
autoload -Uz _vc
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
The first line add the path ~/.zsh/completion ...
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Why does `zip` in a for loop work when the file exists, but not when it doesn't?
I have a directory that contains several sub-directories. There is a question about zipping the files that contains an answer that I ever-so-slightly modified for my needs.
for i in */; do zip "zips/...
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zsh fail to keep unquoted `$*` and `$@` equal
All shells tested do the same for the (quoted) pair "$*" and "$@" with this code:
c='set a b @ c; IFS=:,@ ; a=$(printf "<%s> " "$*"); b=$(printf "<%s> " "$@"); printf "%-20s and %-20s\n" "...
user79743
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Loop over a string in zsh and Bash
I would like to convert this Bash loop:
x="one two three"
for i in ${x}
do
echo ${i}
done
in such a way to work with both Bash and zsh
This solution works:
x=( one two three )
for i in ${x[@...
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Wildcard not working in quotes
The script is supposed to loop over subdirectories and match all the filenames (FLA.*Image.*file.jpg and FLA.*Image.jpg) in subdirectories and process it. It also create output folder inside the ...
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Why does cut fail with bash and not zsh?
I create a file with tab-delimited fields.
echo foo$'\t'bar$'\t'baz$'\n'foo$'\t'bar$'\t'baz > input
I have the following script named zsh.sh
#!/usr/bin/env zsh
while read line; do
<<<$...
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Why is a daily .zshrc reload required using an alias containing $(date -u +%Y%m%d)? [closed]
Each morning I run the following command that tails a log file created daily:
ssh -t [email protected] tail -f development/abc/$(date -u +%Y%m%d).log
This works just fine and each morning the log ...
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Why does this ffmpeg command work in bash and not zsh?
Today I got home from work (run bash on an Ubuntu box) and tried to run some code on my local arch box with my beloved zsh and the commands were failing?
The command is below with the personal info ...
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On passing arguments to programs through array variables
NB: though the question below features rsync, it is not a question about rsync; it is a question about zsh arrays.
If I initialize the variable EXCLUDES like this
EXCLUDES=( --exclude=/foo --exclude=...
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How to declare some aliases dynamically in zsh?
I would like to declare a few shortcut commands to switch between my various coding projects, so I have come up with the following script.
projects=$(ls -d ~/Workspace/*/)
prefix="/Users/myuser/...
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Running commands stored in shell variables
The following works in my shell (zsh):
> FOO='ls'
> $FOO
file1 file2
but the following doesn't:
> FOO='emacs -nw'
> $FOO
zsh: command not found: emacs -nw
even though invoking emacs -...
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Problem with passing parameters containing spaces and wild card characters
I have a problem passing parameters if the parameters may contain wildcards and/or spaces, if those parameters are optional. Since this sounds pretty abstract, let's have a small example: The ...
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Zsh - Modify File Completion w/ Quotes
I've been using Zsh recently, and when I complete a file name within quotes, the completion adds a space after the completed file name. Interestingly, this does not occur when I complete directory ...
user22531
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Expansion in zsh prompt
I'm struggling with zsh prompt, trying to convert my bash prompt to zsh hooks.
This code should display the current kerberos ticket and update accordingly, but colors don't work, neither does the ...
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