The Zsh Shell Tricks I Wish I'd Known Earlier: Boost Terminal Productivity

[@priceld5]

Great video! I appreciate that your videos go a little bit further and deeper than most "getting started" videos.

[@cloud-native-corner]

Thank you! That's my goal, to help people learn something new and get excited about digital technology and capabilities it brings.

[@ebouchut]

I learned some useful tricks from your video. Thank you.

[@cloud-native-corner]

Thank you, I'm really glad to hear that! Is there anything else in zsh you would like to learn more about?

[@ebouchut]

@@cloud-native-corner The most useful `setopt ` and how to use shell process substitution: `diff -u .zshrc

[@farzadmf]

Very useful video, thank you!

[@cloud-native-corner]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sachajw]

Excellent video! I learn't a lot!

[@cloud-native-corner]

Thank you! Is there any specific topic you are interested in learning more about?

[@cloud-native-corner]

What are your favorite zsh tricks?

[@aftamohd]

Is that nvim? How are you using the slides … I see that it’s tmux but how r u changing the slides and ….

[@cloud-native-corner]

Yes, I'm using tmux for pane split and opening various files in nvim. For slides, I'm using github.com/maaslalani/slides. Rest are a few custom scripts, you can check the source code for most of my videos in this repo: github.com/Piotr1215/shorts

[@cprn.]

1st of all... `bindkey -v` 😆

[@cloud-native-corner]

I've tried it a few times, but there were some issues with history navigation and Ctrl+n/p remaps. Sometimes I have the urge to try it again :)

[@cprn.]

@@cloud-native-corner Oh, I actually have these two rebound to incremental search. Will paste it in when I'm at the desk (few hours).

[@cloud-native-corner]

@@cprn. Thanks! I went into this rabbit hole again and in my notes found this repo: github.com/softmoth/zsh-vim-mode. It works for me and adds surround bindings and text objects.

[@cprn.]

@@cloud-native-corner Yeah, I know it, but honestly how often do you need surround when editing a command line... It just doesn't happen for me. I only use these 3 lines to get VIM-like line editing: ``` bindkey -v bindkey "^P" history-beginning-search-backward bindkey "^N" history-beginning-search-forward ```

[@cloud-native-corner]

Thank you for sharing. I actually often forget to quote https links, so now viW S' or ysiW' and viola. :)

[@tuannguyenvanquoc2670]

how can we remember all of them, so complicated

[@cloud-native-corner]

One easy way I used to do it is to have a simple alias `help` which would cat/bat a markdown file with the shortcuts content. You can also use a something like `cheat` which also enables you to create your own cheatsheets files (github.com/cheat/cheat). If you use tmux you can display the content in a hoover pane and bind to a shortcut.

[@ChrisCox-wv7oo]

Make a short list of what you think is most interesting, refer back to that list throughout the week as you find opportunities to use features. Rinse and repeat.

[@Pongo8844]

Best way is to use it regularly

[@wojciech-kulik]

Really good tricks! Btw. zsh is not a default shell on macOS :D (0:41)

[@cloud-native-corner]

I think they made it default since catalina: support.apple.com/en-us/102360

[@wojciech-kulik]

@@cloud-native-corner wow! That's suprising. I didn't know about it.