Zsh hints

Return to previous directory

you can type d to see the first ten items in the list and the number to switch to it:

$ d
0       /usr/local
1       ~
2       /var/log
3       /var/opt
4       /usr/bin
5       /usr/lib
6       /tmp
7       ~/Projects/Opensource.com/zsh-5tips
8       ~/Projects
9       ~/Projects/ansible
$ pwd
/usr/local
$ 6
/tmp
$ pwd
/tmp

typing double bangs (!!) brings back the last command anywhere in the line. This is useful, for instance, if you forgot to type sudo to execute commands that require elevated privileges:

$ less /var/log/dnf.log
/var/log/dnf.log: Permission denied
$ sudo !! 
$ sudo less /var/log/dnf.log

Quick reference:

Oh My Zsh's Command-Line Interface (CLI): omz. Run omz --help for available commands.
To update Oh My Zsh: omz update.
To uninstall it: uninstall_oh_my_zsh.
To apply changes made to .zshrc: omz reload (this just runs exec zsh). Do NOT run source ~/.zshrc.

Commands

Command

Description

alias

List all aliases

take / mkcd

Create a new directory and change to it, will create intermediate directories as required.

zsh_stats

Get a list of the top 20 commands and how many times they have been run.