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How do you define an alias in zsh?
With no arguments at all, alias prints the values of ALL defined aliases. To define one or more aliases, simply enter: For each name with a corresponding value, zsh defines an alias with that value. For further info, check out that link.
How do I create an alias in Bash?
You declare an alias with the alias (built-in) command and it will work as a text replacement at the beginning of the command prompt: You can just copy your alias declarations from your .bash_profile or .bashrc to your .zshrc.
How do I declare a function in zsh?
This command tells zsh: “’Declare a function named vnc. To execute it, load a file named vnc, it is somewhere in the fpath .” Note: you often see the -U or -Uz option added to the autoload command. These options help avoid conflicts with your personal settings. They suppress alias substitution and ksh -style loading of functions, respectively.
Are there any whitespaces around between = and alias name?
There must not be any whitespaces around between = and either alias name or alias definition: BTW: If you are looking for a way to shorten directory names, I suggest looking into Named Directories and the AUTO_CD option instead of aliases:
How to ” disable ” Oh my Zsh ( and zsh )?
If it does not exist, open ~/.zshrc in a text editor. Find the line that says source $ZSH/.oh-my-zsh and either comment it out or remove it. This will disable the initialization of oh-my-zsh. You will need to restart your shell for changes to take effect. To manually set a new default shell, do chsh -s /my/ new/shell, eg chsh -s /bin/bash.
How to change the default shell in zsh?
Note that changes only take effect in new zsh shells, not existing shells. It’s a bit dangerous, but if you’re so inclined, you can use a symlink for your shell command and set the symlink as your default shell. You can then follow the use-* script method above to change your default shell.
How to tell zsh to start from a different directory?
You can tell zsh to load its per-user configuration files from a different directory by setting the environment variable ZDOTDIR before starting zsh. If you want to start zsh without loading your configuration files, set ZDOTDIR to a non-existent directory.