Table of Contents

1 The Z Shell Manual
- 1.1 Producing documentation from zsh.texi
2 Introduction
- 2.1 Author
- 2.2 Availability
- 2.3 Mailing Lists
- 2.4 The Zsh FAQ
- 2.5 The Zsh Web Page
- 2.6 The Zsh Userguide
- 2.7 See Also
3 Roadmap
- 3.1 When the shell starts
- 3.2 Interactive Use
  - 3.2.1 Completion
  - 3.2.2 Extending the line editor
- 3.3 Options
- 3.4 Pattern Matching
- 3.5 General Comments on Syntax
- 3.6 Programming
4 Invocation
- 4.1 Invocation
- 4.2 Compatibility
- 4.3 Restricted Shell
5 Files
- 5.1 Startup/Shutdown Files
- 5.2 Files
6 Shell Grammar
- 6.1 Simple Commands & Pipelines
- 6.2 Precommand Modifiers
- 6.3 Complex Commands
- 6.4 Alternate Forms For Complex Commands
- 6.5 Reserved Words
- 6.6 Errors
- 6.7 Comments
- 6.8 Aliasing
  - 6.8.1 Alias difficulties
- 6.9 Quoting
7 Redirection
- 7.1 Opening file descriptors using parameters
- 7.2 Multios
- 7.3 Redirections with no command
8 Command Execution
9 Functions
- 9.1 Autoloading Functions
- 9.2 Anonymous Functions
- 9.3 Special Functions
  - 9.3.1 Hook Functions
  - 9.3.2 Trap Functions
10 Jobs & Signals
- 10.1 Jobs
- 10.2 Signals
11 Arithmetic Evaluation
12 Conditional Expressions
13 Prompt Expansion
- 13.1 Expansion of Prompt Sequences
- 13.2 Simple Prompt Escapes
- 13.3 Conditional Substrings in Prompts
14 Expansion
- 14.1 History Expansion
- 14.2 Process Substitution
- 14.3 Parameter Expansion
- 14.4 Command Substitution
- 14.5 Arithmetic Expansion
- 14.6 Brace Expansion
- 14.7 Filename Expansion
- 14.8 Filename Generation
15 Parameters
- 15.1 Description
- 15.2 Array Parameters
- 15.3 Positional Parameters
- 15.4 Local Parameters
- 15.5 Parameters Set By The Shell
- 15.6 Parameters Used By The Shell
16 Options
- 16.1 Specifying Options
- 16.2 Description of Options
- 16.3 Option Aliases
- 16.4 Single Letter Options
17 Shell Builtin Commands
18 Zsh Line Editor
- 18.1 Description
- 18.2 Keymaps
  - 18.2.1 Reading Commands
  - 18.2.2 Local Keymaps
- 18.3 Zle Builtins
- 18.4 Zle Widgets
- 18.5 User-Defined Widgets
  - 18.5.1 Special Widgets
- 18.6 Standard Widgets
- 18.7 Character Highlighting
19 Completion Widgets
- 19.1 Description
- 19.2 Completion Special Parameters
- 19.3 Completion Builtin Commands
- 19.4 Completion Condition Codes
- 19.5 Completion Matching Control
- 19.6 Completion Widget Example
20 Completion System
- 20.1 Description
- 20.2 Initialization
- 20.3 Completion System Configuration
- 20.4 Control Functions
- 20.5 Bindable Commands
- 20.6 Utility Functions
- 20.7 Completion System Variables
- 20.8 Completion Directories
21 Completion Using compctl
- 21.1 Types of completion
- 21.2 Description
- 21.3 Command Flags
- 21.4 Option Flags
- 21.5 Alternative Completion
- 21.6 Extended Completion
- 21.7 Example
22 Zsh Modules
- 22.1 Description
- 22.2 The zsh/attr Module
- 22.3 The zsh/cap Module
- 22.4 The zsh/clone Module
- 22.5 The zsh/compctl Module
- 22.6 The zsh/complete Module
- 22.7 The zsh/complist Module
  - 22.7.1 Colored completion listings
  - 22.7.2 Scrolling in completion listings
  - 22.7.3 Menu selection
- 22.8 The zsh/computil Module
- 22.9 The zsh/curses Module
  - 22.9.1 Builtin
  - 22.9.2 Parameters
- 22.10 The zsh/datetime Module
- 22.11 The zsh/db/gdbm Module
- 22.12 The zsh/deltochar Module
- 22.13 The zsh/example Module
- 22.14 The zsh/files Module
- 22.15 The zsh/langinfo Module
- 22.16 The zsh/mapfile Module
  - 22.16.1 Limitations
- 22.17 The zsh/mathfunc Module
- 22.18 The zsh/nearcolor Module
- 22.19 The zsh/newuser Module
- 22.20 The zsh/parameter Module
- 22.21 The zsh/pcre Module
- 22.22 The zsh/param/private Module
- 22.23 The zsh/regex Module
- 22.24 The zsh/sched Module
- 22.25 The zsh/net/socket Module
  - 22.25.1 Outbound Connections
  - 22.25.2 Inbound Connections
- 22.26 The zsh/stat Module
- 22.27 The zsh/system Module
  - 22.27.1 Builtins
  - 22.27.2 Math Functions
  - 22.27.3 Parameters
- 22.28 The zsh/net/tcp Module
  - 22.28.1 Outbound Connections
  - 22.28.2 Inbound Connections
  - 22.28.3 Closing Connections
  - 22.28.4 Example
- 22.29 The zsh/termcap Module
- 22.30 The zsh/terminfo Module
- 22.31 The zsh/watch Module
- 22.32 The zsh/zftp Module
  - 22.32.1 Subcommands
  - 22.32.2 Parameters
  - 22.32.3 Functions
  - 22.32.4 Problems
- 22.33 The zsh/zle Module
- 22.34 The zsh/zleparameter Module
- 22.35 The zsh/zprof Module
- 22.36 The zsh/zpty Module
- 22.37 The zsh/zselect Module
- 22.38 The zsh/zutil Module
23 Calendar Function System
- 23.1 Description
- 23.2 File and Date Formats
- 23.3 User Functions
  - 23.3.1 Calendar system functions
  - 23.3.2 Glob qualifiers
- 23.4 Styles
- 23.5 Utility functions
- 23.6 Bugs
24 TCP Function System
- 24.1 Description
- 24.2 TCP User Functions
- 24.3 TCP User-defined Functions
- 24.4 TCP Utility Functions
- 24.5 TCP User Parameters
- 24.6 TCP User-defined Parameters
- 24.7 TCP Utility Parameters
- 24.8 TCP Examples
- 24.9 TCP Bugs
25 Zftp Function System
- 25.1 Description
- 25.2 Installation
- 25.3 Functions
- 25.4 Miscellaneous Features
26 User Contributions
- 26.1 Description
- 26.2 Utilities
- 26.3 Remembering Recent Directories
- 26.4 Abbreviated dynamic references to directories
- 26.5 Gathering information from version control systems
- 26.6 Prompt Themes
- 26.7 ZLE Functions
- 26.8 Exception Handling
- 26.9 MIME Functions
- 26.10 Mathematical Functions
- 26.11 User Configuration Functions
- 26.12 Other Functions
  - 26.12.1 Descriptions
  - 26.12.2 Styles
Concept Index
Variables Index
Options Index
Functions Index
Editor Functions Index
Style and Tag Index

This document was generated on August 26, 2026 using texi2any.

Zsh version 5.9.2, released on July 12, 2026.