ZSHOPTIONS(1) ZSHOPTIONS(1)
NAME
zshoptions - zsh options
SPECIFYING OPTIONS
Options are primarily referred to by name. These names are case insensitive and underscores are
ignored. For example, `allexport' is equivalent to `A__lleXP_ort'.
The sense of an option name may be inverted by preceding it with `no', so `setopt No_Beep' is equiva-lent equivalent
lent to `unsetopt beep'. This inversion can only be done once, so `nonobeep' is not a synonym for
`beep'. Similarly, `tify' is not a synonym for `nonotify' (the inversion of `notify').
Some options also have one or more single letter names. There are two sets of single letter options:
one used by default, and another used to emulate sh/ksh (used when the SH_OPTION_LETTERS option is
set). The single letter options can be used on the shell command line, or with the set, setopt and
unsetopt builtins, as normal Unix options preceded by `-'.
The sense of the single letter options may be inverted by using `+' instead of `-'. Some of the sin-gle single
gle letter option names refer to an option being off, in which case the inversion of that name refers
to the option being on. For example, `+n' is the short name of `exec', and `-n' is the short name of
its inversion, `noexec'.
In strings of single letter options supplied to the shell at startup, trailing whitespace will be
ignored; for example the string `-f ' will be treated just as `-f', but the string `-f i' is an
error. This is because many systems which implement the `#!' mechanism for calling scripts do not
strip trailing whitespace.
DESCRIPTION OF OPTIONS
In the following list, options set by default in all emulations are marked <D>; those set by default
only in csh, ksh, sh, or zsh emulations are marked <C>, <K>, <S>, <Z> as appropriate. When listing
options (by `setopt', `unsetopt', `set -o' or `set +o'), those turned on by default appear in the
list prefixed with `no'. Hence (unless KSH_OPTION_PRINT is set), `setopt' shows all options whose
settings are changed from the default.
Changing Directories
AUTO_CD (-J)
If a command is issued that can't be executed as a normal command, and the command is the name
of a directory, perform the cd command to that directory.
AUTO_PUSHD (-N)
Make cd push the old directory onto the directory stack.
CDABLE_VARS (-T)
If the argument to a cd command (or an implied cd with the AUTO_CD option set) is not a direc-tory, directory,
tory, and does not begin with a slash, try to expand the expression as if it were preceded by
a `~' (see the section `Filename Expansion').
CHASE_DOTS
When changing to a directory containing a path segment `..' which would otherwise be treated
as canceling the previous segment in the path (in other words, `foo/..' would be removed from
the path, or if `..' is the first part of the path, the last part of $PWD would be deleted),
instead resolve the path to the physical directory. This option is overridden by CHASE_LINKS.
For example, suppose /foo/bar is a link to the directory /alt/rod. Without this option set,
`cd /foo/bar/..' changes to /foo; with it set, it changes to /alt. The same applies if the
current directory is /foo/bar and `cd ..' is used. Note that all other symbolic links in the
path will also be resolved.
CHASE_LINKS (-w)
Resolve symbolic links to their true values when changing directory. This also has the effect
of CHASE_DOTS, i.e. a `..' path segment will be treated as referring to the physical parent,
even if the preceding path segment is a symbolic link.
PUSHD_IGNORE_DUPS
Don't push multiple copies of the same directory onto the directory stack.
PUSHD_MINUS
Exchanges the meanings of `+' and `-' when used with a number to specify a directory in the
stack.
PUSHD_SILENT (-E)
Do not print the directory stack after pushd or popd.
PUSHD_TO_HOME (-D)
Have pushd with no arguments act like `pushd $HOME'.
Completion
ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT <D>
If unset, key functions that list completions try to return to the last prompt if given a
numeric argument. If set these functions try to return to the last prompt if given no numeric
argument.
ALWAYS_TO_END
If a completion is performed with the cursor within a word, and a full completion is inserted,
the cursor is moved to the end of the word. That is, the cursor is moved to the end of the
word if either a single match is inserted or menu completion is performed.
AUTO_LIST (-9) <D>
Automatically list choices on an ambiguous completion.
AUTO_MENU <D>
Automatically use menu completion after the second consecutive request for completion, for
example by pressing the tab key repeatedly. This option is overridden by MENU_COMPLETE.
AUTO_NAME_DIRS
Any parameter that is set to the absolute name of a directory immediately becomes a name for
that directory, that will be used by the `%~' and related prompt sequences, and will be avail-able available
able when completion is performed on a word starting with `~'. (Otherwise, the parameter must
be used in the form `~param' first.)
AUTO_PARAM_KEYS <D>
If a parameter name was completed and a following character (normally a space) automatically
inserted, and the next character typed is one of those that have to come directly after the
name (like `}', `:', etc.), the automatically added character is deleted, so that the charac-ter character
ter typed comes immediately after the parameter name. Completion in a brace expansion is
affected similarly: the added character is a `,', which will be removed if `}' is typed next.
AUTO_PARAM_SLASH <D>
If a parameter is completed whose content is the name of a directory, then add a trailing
slash instead of a space.
AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH <D>
When the last character resulting from a completion is a slash and the next character typed is
a word delimiter, a slash, or a character that ends a command (such as a semicolon or an
ampersand), remove the slash.
BASH_AUTO_LIST
On an ambiguous completion, automatically list choices when the completion function is called
twice in succession. This takes precedence over AUTO_LIST. The setting of LIST_AMBIGUOUS is
respected. If AUTO_MENU is set, the menu behaviour will then start with the third press.
Note that this will not work with MENU_COMPLETE, since repeated completion calls immediately
cycle through the list in that case.
COMPLETE_ALIASES
Prevents aliases on the command line from being internally substituted before completion is
attempted. The effect is to make the alias a distinct command for completion purposes.
COMPLETE_IN_WORD
If unset, the cursor is set to the end of the word if completion is started. Otherwise it
stays there and completion is done from both ends.
GLOB_COMPLETE
When the current word has a glob pattern, do not insert all the words resulting from the
expansion but generate matches as for completion and cycle through them like MENU_COMPLETE.
The matches are generated as if a `*' was added to the end of the word, or inserted at the
cursor when COMPLETE_IN_WORD is set. This actually uses pattern matching, not globbing, so it
works not only for files but for any completion, such as options, user names, etc.
Note that when the pattern matcher is used, matching control (for example, case-insensitive or
anchored matching) cannot be used. This limitation only applies when the current word con-tains contains
tains a pattern; simply turning on the GLOB_COMPLETE option does not have this effect.
HASH_LIST_ALL <D>
Whenever a command completion is attempted, make sure the entire command path is hashed first.
This makes the first completion slower.
LIST_AMBIGUOUS <D>
This option works when AUTO_LIST or BASH_AUTO_LIST is also set. If there is an unambiguous
prefix to insert on the command line, that is done without a completion list being displayed;
in other words, auto-listing behaviour only takes place when nothing would be inserted. In
the case of BASH_AUTO_LIST, this means that the list will be delayed to the third call of the
function.
LIST_BEEP <D>
Beep on an ambiguous completion. More accurately, this forces the completion widgets to
return status 1 on an ambiguous completion, which causes the shell to beep if the option BEEP
is also set; this may be modified if completion is called from a user-defined widget.
LIST_PACKED
Try to make the completion list smaller (occupying less lines) by printing the matches in col-umns columns
umns with different widths.
LIST_ROWS_FIRST
Lay out the matches in completion lists sorted horizontally, that is, the second match is to
the right of the first one, not under it as usual.
LIST_TYPES (-X) <D>
When listing files that are possible completions, show the type of each file with a trailing
identifying mark.
MENU_COMPLETE (-Y)
On an ambiguous completion, instead of listing possibilities or beeping, insert the first
match immediately. Then when completion is requested again, remove the first match and insert
the second match, etc. When there are no more matches, go back to the first one again.
reverse-menu-complete may be used to loop through the list in the other direction. This option
overrides AUTO_MENU.
REC_EXACT (-S)
In completion, recognize exact matches even if they are ambiguous.
Expansion and Globbing
BAD_PATTERN (+2) <C> <Z>
If a pattern for filename generation is badly formed, print an error message. (If this option
is unset, the pattern will be left unchanged.)
BARE_GLOB_QUAL <Z>
In a glob pattern, treat a trailing set of parentheses as a qualifier list, if it contains no
`|', `(' or (if special) `~' characters. See the section `Filename Generation'.
BRACE_CCL
Expand expressions in braces which would not otherwise undergo brace expansion to a lexically
ordered list of all the characters. See the section `Brace Expansion'.
CASE_GLOB <D>
Make globbing (filename generation) sensitive to case. Note that other uses of patterns are
always sensitive to case. If the option is unset, the presence of any character which is spe-cial special
cial to filename generation will cause case-insensitive matching. For example, cvs(/) can
match the directory CVS owing to the presence of the globbing flag (unless the option
BARE_GLOB_QUAL is unset).
CSH_NULL_GLOB <C>
If a pattern for filename generation has no matches, delete the pattern from the argument
list; do not report an error unless all the patterns in a command have no matches. Overrides
NOMATCH.
EQUALS <Z>
Perform = filename expansion. (See the section `Filename Expansion'.)
EXTENDED_GLOB
Treat the `#', `~' and `^' characters as part of patterns for filename generation, etc. (An
initial unquoted `~' always produces named directory expansion.)
GLOB (+F, ksh: +f) <D>
Perform filename generation (globbing). (See the section `Filename Generation'.)
GLOB_ASSIGN <C>
If this option is set, filename generation (globbing) is performed on the right hand side of
scalar parameter assignments of the form `name=pattern (e.g. `foo=*'). If the result has more
than one word the parameter will become an array with those words as arguments. This option is
provided for backwards compatibility only: globbing is always performed on the right hand side
of array assignments of the form `name=(value)' (e.g. `foo=(*)') and this form is recommended
for clarity; with this option set, it is not possible to predict whether the result will be an
array or a scalar.
GLOB_DOTS (-4)
Do not require a leading `.' in a filename to be matched explicitly.
GLOB_SUBST <C> <K> <S>
Treat any characters resulting from parameter expansion as being eligible for file expansion
and filename generation, and any characters resulting from command substitution as being eli-gible eligible
gible for filename generation. Braces (and commas in between) do not become eligible for
expansion.
HIST_SUBST_PATTERN
Substitutions using the :s and :& history modifiers are performed with pattern matching
instead of string matching. This occurs wherever history modifiers are valid, including glob
qualifiers and parameters. See the section Modifiers in zshexp(1).
IGNORE_BRACES (-I) <S>
Do not perform brace expansion.
KSH_GLOB <K>
In pattern matching, the interpretation of parentheses is affected by a preceding `@', `*',
`+', `?' or `!'. See the section `Filename Generation'.
MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST
All unquoted arguments of the form `anything=expression' appearing after the command name have
filename expansion (that is, where expression has a leading `~' or `=') performed on expres-sion expression
sion as if it were a parameter assignment. The argument is not otherwise treated specially;
it is passed to the command as a single argument, and not used as an actual parameter assign-ment. assignment.
ment. For example, in echo foo=~/bar:~/rod, both occurrences of ~ would be replaced. Note
that this happens anyway with typeset and similar statements.
This option respects the setting of the KSH_TYPESET option. In other words, if both options
are in effect, arguments looking like assignments will not undergo wordsplitting.
MARK_DIRS (-8, ksh: -X)
Append a trailing `/' to all directory names resulting from filename generation (globbing).
MULTIBYTE
Respect multibyte characters when found in strings. When this option is set, strings are
examined using the system library to determine how many bytes form a character, depending on
the current locale. This affects the way characters are counted in pattern matching, parame-ter parameter
ter values and various delimiters.
The option is on by default if the shell was compiled with MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT; otherwise it is
off by default and has no effect if turned on.
If the option is off a single byte is always treated as a single character. This setting is
designed purely for examining strings known to contain raw bytes or other values that may not
be characters in the current locale. It is not necessary to unset the option merely because
the character set for the current locale does not contain multibyte characters.
The option does not affect the shell's editor, which always uses the locale to determine
multibyte characters. This is because the character set displayed by the terminal emulator is
independent of shell settings.
NOMATCH (+3) <C> <Z>
If a pattern for filename generation has no matches, print an error, instead of leaving it
unchanged in the argument list. This also applies to file expansion of an initial `~' or `='.
NULL_GLOB (-G)
If a pattern for filename generation has no matches, delete the pattern from the argument list
instead of reporting an error. Overrides NOMATCH.
NUMERIC_GLOB_SORT
If numeric filenames are matched by a filename generation pattern, sort the filenames numeri-cally numerically
cally rather than lexicographically.
RC_EXPAND_PARAM (-P)
Array expansions of the form `foo${xx}bar', where the parameter xx is set to (a b c), are sub-stituted substituted
stituted with `fooabar foobbar foocbar' instead of the default `fooa b cbar'.
SH_GLOB <K> <S>
Disables the special meaning of `(', `|', `)' and '<' for globbing the result of parameter and
command substitutions, and in some other places where the shell accepts patterns. This option
is set by default if zsh is invoked as sh or ksh.
UNSET (+u, ksh: +u) <K> <S> <Z>
Treat unset parameters as if they were empty when substituting. Otherwise they are treated as
an error.
WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL
Print a warning message when a global parameter is created in a function by an assignment.
This often indicates that a parameter has not been declared local when it should have been.
Parameters explicitly declared global from within a function using typeset -g do not cause a
warning. Note that there is no warning when a local parameter is assigned to in a nested
function, which may also indicate an error.
History
APPEND_HISTORY <D>
If this is set, zsh sessions will append their history list to the history file, rather than
replace it. Thus, multiple parallel zsh sessions will all have the new entries from their his-tory history
tory lists added to the history file, in the order that they exit. The file will still be
periodically re-written to trim it when the number of lines grows 20% beyond the value speci-fied specified
fied by $SAVEHIST (see also the HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY option).
BANG_HIST (+K) <C> <Z>
Perform textual history expansion, csh-style, treating the character `!' specially.
EXTENDED_HISTORY <C>
Save each command's beginning timestamp (in seconds since the epoch) and the duration (in sec-onds) seconds)
onds) to the history file. The format of this prefixed data is:
`:<beginning time>:<elapsed seconds>:<command>'.
HIST_ALLOW_CLOBBER
Add `|' to output redirections in the history. This allows history references to clobber
files even when CLOBBER is unset.
HIST_BEEP <D>
Beep when an attempt is made to access a history entry which isn't there.
HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST
If the internal history needs to be trimmed to add the current command line, setting this
option will cause the oldest history event that has a duplicate to be lost before losing a
unique event from the list. You should be sure to set the value of HISTSIZE to a larger num-ber number
ber than SAVEHIST in order to give you some room for the duplicated events, otherwise this
option will behave just like HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS once the history fills up with unique
events.
HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS
When searching for history entries in the line editor, do not display duplicates of a line
previously found, even if the duplicates are not contiguous.
HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS
If a new command line being added to the history list duplicates an older one, the older com-mand command
mand is removed from the list (even if it is not the previous event).
HIST_IGNORE_DUPS (-h)
Do not enter command lines into the history list if they are duplicates of the previous event.
HIST_IGNORE_SPACE (-g)
Remove command lines from the history list when the first character on the line is a space, or
when one of the expanded aliases contains a leading space. Note that the command lingers in
the internal history until the next command is entered before it vanishes, allowing you to
briefly reuse or edit the line. If you want to make it vanish right away without entering
another command, type a space and press return.
HIST_NO_FUNCTIONS
Remove function definitions from the history list. Note that the function lingers in the
internal history until the next command is entered before it vanishes, allowing you to briefly
reuse or edit the definition.
HIST_NO_STORE
Remove the history (fc -l) command from the history list when invoked. Note that the command
lingers in the internal history until the next command is entered before it vanishes, allowing
you to briefly reuse or edit the line.
HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS
Remove superfluous blanks from each command line being added to the history list.
HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY <D>
When the history file is re-written, we normally write out a copy of the file named $HIST-FILE.new $HISTFILE.new
FILE.new and then rename it over the old one. However, if this option is unset, we instead
truncate the old history file and write out the new version in-place. If one of the his-tory-appending history-appending
tory-appending options is enabled, this option only has an effect when the enlarged history
file needs to be re-written to trim it down to size. Disable this only if you have special
needs, as doing so makes it possible to lose history entries if zsh gets interrupted during
the save.
When writing out a copy of the history file, zsh preserves the old file's permissions and
group information, but will refuse to write out a new file if it would change the history
file's owner.
HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS
When writing out the history file, older commands that duplicate newer ones are omitted.
HIST_VERIFY
Whenever the user enters a line with history expansion, don't execute the line directly;
instead, perform history expansion and reload the line into the editing buffer.
INC_APPEND_HISTORY
This options works like APPEND_HISTORY except that new history lines are added to the $HIST-FILE $HISTFILE
FILE incrementally (as soon as they are entered), rather than waiting until the shell exits.
The file will still be periodically re-written to trim it when the number of lines grows 20%
beyond the value specified by $SAVEHIST (see also the HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY option).
SHARE_HISTORY <K>
This option both imports new commands from the history file, and also causes your typed com-mands commands
mands to be appended to the history file (the latter is like specifying INC_APPEND_HISTORY).
The history lines are also output with timestamps ala EXTENDED_HISTORY (which makes it easier
to find the spot where we left off reading the file after it gets re-written).
By default, history movement commands visit the imported lines as well as the local lines, but
you can toggle this on and off with the set-local-history zle binding. It is also possible to
create a zle widget that will make some commands ignore imported commands, and some include
them.
If you find that you want more control over when commands get imported, you may wish to turn
SHARE_HISTORY off, INC_APPEND_HISTORY on, and then manually import commands whenever you need
them using `fc -RI'.
Initialisation
ALL_EXPORT (-a, ksh: -a)
All parameters subsequently defined are automatically exported.
GLOBAL_EXPORT (<Z>)
If this option is set, passing the -x flag to the builtins declare, float, integer, readonly
and typeset (but not local) will also set the -g flag; hence parameters exported to the envi-ronment environment
ronment will not be made local to the enclosing function, unless they were already or the flag
+g is given explicitly. If the option is unset, exported parameters will be made local in
just the same way as any other parameter.
This option is set by default for backward compatibility; it is not recommended that its be-haviour behaviour
haviour be relied upon. Note that the builtin export always sets both the -x and -g flags,
and hence its effect extends beyond the scope of the enclosing function; this is the most por-table portable
table way to achieve this behaviour.
GLOBAL_RCS (-d) <D>
If this option is unset, the startup files /etc/zprofile, /etc/zshrc, /etc/zlogin and
/etc/zlogout will not be run. It can be disabled and re-enabled at any time, including inside
local startup files (.zshrc, etc.).
RCS (+f) <D>
After /etc/zshenv is sourced on startup, source the .zshenv, /etc/zprofile, .zprofile,
/etc/zshrc, .zshrc, /etc/zlogin, .zlogin, and .zlogout files, as described in the section
`Files'. If this option is unset, the /etc/zshenv file is still sourced, but any of the oth-ers others
ers will not be; it can be set at any time to prevent the remaining startup files after the
currently executing one from being sourced.
Input/Output
ALIASES <D>
Expand aliases.
CLOBBER (+C, ksh: +C) <D>
Allows `>' redirection to truncate existing files, and `>>' to create files. Otherwise `>!'
or `>|' must be used to truncate a file, and `>>!' or `>>|' to create a file.
CORRECT (-0)
Try to correct the spelling of commands. Note that, when the HASH_LIST_ALL option is not set
or when some directories in the path are not readable, this may falsely report spelling errors
the first time some commands are used.
CORRECT_ALL (-O)
Try to correct the spelling of all arguments in a line.
DVORAK Use the Dvorak keyboard instead of the standard qwerty keyboard as a basis for examining
spelling mistakes for the CORRECT and CORRECT_ALL options and the spell-word editor command.
FLOW_CONTROL <D>
If this option is unset, output flow control via start/stop characters (usually assigned to
^S/^Q) is disabled in the shell's editor.
IGNORE_EOF (-7)
Do not exit on end-of-file. Require the use of exit or logout instead. However, ten consecu-tive consecutive
tive EOFs will cause the shell to exit anyway, to avoid the shell hanging if its tty goes
away.
Also, if this option is set and the Zsh Line Editor is used, widgets implemented by shell
functions can be bound to EOF (normally Control-D) without printing the normal warning mes-sage. message.
sage. This works only for normal widgets, not for completion widgets.
INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS (-k) <K> <S>
Allow comments even in interactive shells.
HASH_CMDS <D>
Note the location of each command the first time it is executed. Subsequent invocations of
the same command will use the saved location, avoiding a path search. If this option is
unset, no path hashing is done at all. However, when CORRECT is set, commands whose names do
not appear in the functions or aliases hash tables are hashed in order to avoid reporting them
as spelling errors.
HASH_DIRS <D>
Whenever a command name is hashed, hash the directory containing it, as well as all directo-ries directories
ries that occur earlier in the path. Has no effect if neither HASH_CMDS nor CORRECT is set.
MAIL_WARNING (-U)
Print a warning message if a mail file has been accessed since the shell last checked.
PATH_DIRS (-Q)
Perform a path search even on command names with slashes in them. Thus if `/usr/local/bin' is
in the user's path, and he or she types `X11/xinit', the command `/usr/local/bin/X11/xinit'
will be executed (assuming it exists). Commands explicitly beginning with `/', `./' or `../'
are not subject to the path search. This also applies to the . builtin.
Note that subdirectories of the current directory are always searched for executables speci-fied specified
fied in this form. This takes place before any search indicated by this option, and regard-less regardless
less of whether `.' or the current directory appear in the command search path.
PRINT_EIGHT_BIT
Print eight bit characters literally in completion lists, etc. This option is not necessary
if your system correctly returns the printability of eight bit characters (see ctype(3)).
PRINT_EXIT_VALUE (-1)
Print the exit value of programs with non-zero exit status.
RC_QUOTES
Allow the character sequence `''' to signify a single quote within singly quoted strings.
Note this does not apply in quoted strings using the format $'...', where a backslashed single
quote can be used.
RM_STAR_SILENT (-H) <K> <S>
Do not query the user before executing `rm *' or `rm path/*'.
RM_STAR_WAIT
If querying the user before executing `rm *' or `rm path/*', first wait ten seconds and ignore
anything typed in that time. This avoids the problem of reflexively answering `yes' to the
query when one didn't really mean it. The wait and query can always be avoided by expanding
the `*' in ZLE (with tab).
SHORT_LOOPS <C> <Z>
Allow the short forms of for, repeat, select, if, and function constructs.
SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK (-L)
If a line ends with a backquote, and there are an odd number of backquotes on the line, ignore
the trailing backquote. This is useful on some keyboards where the return key is too small,
and the backquote key lies annoyingly close to it.
Job Control
AUTO_CONTINUE
With this option set, stopped jobs that are removed from the job table with the disown builtin
command are automatically sent a CONT signal to make them running.
AUTO_RESUME (-W)
Treat single word simple commands without redirection as candidates for resumption of an
existing job.
BG_NICE (-6) <C> <Z>
Run all background jobs at a lower priority. This option is set by default.
CHECK_JOBS <Z>
Report the status of background and suspended jobs before exiting a shell with job control; a
second attempt to exit the shell will succeed. NO_CHECK_JOBS is best used only in combination
with NO_HUP, else such jobs will be killed automatically.
The check is omitted if the commands run from the previous command line included a `jobs' com-mand, command,
mand, since it is assumed the user is aware that there are background or suspended jobs. A
`jobs' command run from one of the hook functions defined in the section SPECIAL FUNCTIONS in
zshmisc(1) is not counted for this purpose.
HUP <Z>
Send the HUP signal to running jobs when the shell exits.
LONG_LIST_JOBS (-R)
List jobs in the long format by default.
MONITOR (-m, ksh: -m)
Allow job control. Set by default in interactive shells.
NOTIFY (-5, ksh: -b) <Z>
Report the status of background jobs immediately, rather than waiting until just before print-ing printing
ing a prompt.
Prompting
PROMPT_BANG <K>
If set, `!' is treated specially in prompt expansion. See the section `Prompt Expansion'.
PROMPT_CR (+V) <D>
Print a carriage return just before printing a prompt in the line editor. This is on by
default as multi-line editing is only possible if the editor knows where the start of the line
appears.
PROMPT_SP <D>
Attempt to preserve a partial line (i.e. a line that did not end with a newline) that would
otherwise be covered up by the command prompt due to the PROMPT_CR option. This works by out-putting outputting
putting some cursor-control characters, including a series of spaces, that should make the
terminal wrap to the next line when a partial line is present (note that this is only success-ful successful
ful if your terminal has automatic margins, which is typical).
When a partial line is preserved, you will see an inverse+bold character at the end of the
partial line: a "%" for a normal user or a "#" for root.
NOTE: if the PROMPT_CR option is not set, enabling this option will have no effect. This
option is on by default.
PROMPT_PERCENT <C> <Z>
If set, `%' is treated specially in prompt expansion. See the section `Prompt Expansion'.
PROMPT_SUBST <K>
If set, parameter expansion, command substitution and arithmetic expansion are performed in
prompts. Substitutions within prompts do not affect the command status.
TRANSIENT_RPROMPT
Remove any right prompt from display when accepting a command line. This may be useful with
terminals with other cut/paste methods.
Scripts and Functions
C_BASES
Output hexadecimal numbers in the standard C format, for example `0xFF' instead of the usual
`16#FF'. If the option OCTAL_ZEROES is also set (it is not by default), octal numbers will be
treated similarly and hence appear as `077' instead of `8#77'. This option has no effect on
the choice of the output base, nor on the output of bases other than hexadecimal and octal.
Note that these formats will be understood on input irrespective of the setting of C_BASES.
DEBUG_BEFORE_CMD
Run the DEBUG trap before each command; otherwise it is run after each command. Setting this
option mimics the behaviour of ksh 93; with the option unset the behaviour is that of ksh 88.
ERR_EXIT (-e, ksh: -e)
If a command has a non-zero exit status, execute the ZERR trap, if set, and exit. This is
disabled while running initialization scripts.
ERR_RETURN
If a command has a non-zero exit status, return immediately from the enclosing function. The
logic is identical to that for ERR_EXIT, except that an implicit return statement is executed
instead of an exit. This will trigger an exit at the outermost level of a non-interactive
script.
EVAL_LINENO <Z>
If set, line numbers of expressions evaluated using the builtin eval are tracked separately of
the enclosing environment. This applies both to the parameter LINENO and the line number out-put output
put by the prompt escape %i. If the option is set, the prompt escape %N will output the
string `(eval)' instead of the script or function name as an indication. (The two prompt
escapes are typically used in the parameter PS4 to be output when the option XTRACE is set.)
If EVAL_LINENO is unset, the line number of the surrounding script or function is retained
during the evaluation.
EXEC (+n, ksh: +n) <D>
Do execute commands. Without this option, commands are read and checked for syntax errors,
but not executed. This option cannot be turned off in an interactive shell, except when `-n'
is supplied to the shell at startup.
FUNCTION_ARGZERO <C> <Z>
When executing a shell function or sourcing a script, set $0 temporarily to the name of the
function/script.
LOCAL_OPTIONS <K>
If this option is set at the point of return from a shell function, all the options (including
this one) which were in force upon entry to the function are restored. Otherwise, only this
option and the XTRACE and PRINT_EXIT_VALUE options are restored. Hence if this is explicitly
unset by a shell function the other options in force at the point of return will remain so. A
shell function can also guarantee itself a known shell configuration with a formulation like
`emulate -L zsh'; the -L activates LOCAL_OPTIONS.
LOCAL_TRAPS <K>
If this option is set when a signal trap is set inside a function, then the previous status of
the trap for that signal will be restored when the function exits. Note that this option must
be set prior to altering the trap behaviour in a function; unlike LOCAL_OPTIONS, the value on
exit from the function is irrelevant. However, it does not need to be set before any global
trap for that to be correctly restored by a function. For example,
unsetopt localtraps
trap - INT
fn() { setopt localtraps; trap '' INT; sleep 3; }
will restore normally handling of SIGINT after the function exits.
MULTIOS <Z>
Perform implicit tees or cats when multiple redirections are attempted (see the section `Redi-rection'). `Redirection').
rection').
OCTAL_ZEROES <S>
Interpret any integer constant beginning with a 0 as octal, per IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (ISO
9945-2:1993). This is not enabled by default as it causes problems with parsing of, for exam-ple, example,
ple, date and time strings with leading zeroes.
Sequences of digits indicating a numeric base such as the `08' component in `08#77' are always
interpreted as decimal, regardless of leading zeroes.
TYPESET_SILENT
If this is unset, executing any of the `typeset' family of commands with no options and a list
of parameters that have no values to be assigned but already exist will display the value of
the parameter. If the option is set, they will only be shown when parameters are selected
with the `-m' option. The option `-p' is available whether or not the option is set.
VERBOSE (-v, ksh: -v)
Print shell input lines as they are read.
XTRACE (-x, ksh: -x)
Print commands and their arguments as they are executed.
Shell Emulation
BSD_ECHO <S>
Make the echo builtin compatible with the BSD echo(1) command. This disables backslashed
escape sequences in echo strings unless the -e option is specified.
CSH_JUNKIE_HISTORY <C>
A history reference without an event specifier will always refer to the previous command.
Without this option, such a history reference refers to the same event as the previous history
reference, defaulting to the previous command.
CSH_JUNKIE_LOOPS <C>
Allow loop bodies to take the form `list; end' instead of `do list; done'.
CSH_JUNKIE_QUOTES <C>
Changes the rules for single- and double-quoted text to match that of csh. These require that
embedded newlines be preceded by a backslash; unescaped newlines will cause an error message.
In double-quoted strings, it is made impossible to escape `$', ``' or `"' (and `\' itself no
longer needs escaping). Command substitutions are only expanded once, and cannot be nested.
CSH_NULLCMD <C>
Do not use the values of NULLCMD and READNULLCMD when running redirections with no command.
This make such redirections fail (see the section `Redirection').
KSH_ARRAYS <K> <S>
Emulate ksh array handling as closely as possible. If this option is set, array elements are
numbered from zero, an array parameter without subscript refers to the first element instead
of the whole array, and braces are required to delimit a subscript (`${path[2]}' rather than
just `$path[2]').
KSH_AUTOLOAD <K> <S>
Emulate ksh function autoloading. This means that when a function is autoloaded, the corre-sponding corresponding
sponding file is merely executed, and must define the function itself. (By default, the func-tion function
tion is defined to the contents of the file. However, the most common ksh-style case - of the
file containing only a simple definition of the function - is always handled in the ksh-com-patible ksh-compatible
patible manner.)
KSH_OPTION_PRINT <K>
Alters the way options settings are printed: instead of separate lists of set and unset
options, all options are shown, marked `on' if they are in the non-default state, `off' other-wise. otherwise.
wise.
KSH_TYPESET <K>
Alters the way arguments to the typeset family of commands, including declare, export, float,
integer, local and readonly, are processed. Without this option, zsh will perform normal word
splitting after command and parameter expansion in arguments of an assignment; with it, word
splitting does not take place in those cases.
POSIX_BUILTINS <K> <S>
When this option is set the command builtin can be used to execute shell builtin commands.
Parameter assignments specified before shell functions and special builtins are kept after the
command completes unless the special builtin is prefixed with the command builtin. Special
builtins are ., :, break, continue, declare, eval, exit, export, integer, local, readonly,
return, set, shift, source, times, trap and unset.
POSIX_IDENTIFIERS <K> <S>
When this option is set, only the ASCII characters a to z, A to Z, 0 to 9 and _ may be used in
identifiers (names of shell parameters and modules).
When the option is unset and multibyte character support is enabled (i.e. it is compiled in
and the option MULTIBYTE is set), then additionally any alphanumeric characters in the local
character set may be used in identifiers. Note that scripts and functions written with this
feature are not portable, and also that both options must be set before the script or function
is parsed; setting them during execution is not sufficient as the syntax variable=value has
already been parsed as a command rather than an assignment.
If multibyte character support is not compiled into the shell this option is ignored; all
octets with the top bit set may be used in identifiers. This is non-standard but is the tra-ditional traditional
ditional zsh behaviour.
SH_FILE_EXPANSION <K> <S>
Perform filename expansion (e.g., ~ expansion) before parameter expansion, command substitu-tion, substitution,
tion, arithmetic expansion and brace expansion. If this option is unset, it is performed
after brace expansion, so things like `~$USERNAME' and `~{pfalstad,rc}' will work.
SH_NULLCMD <K> <S>
Do not use the values of NULLCMD and READNULLCMD when doing redirections, use `:' instead (see
the section `Redirection').
SH_OPTION_LETTERS <K> <S>
If this option is set the shell tries to interpret single letter options (which are used with
set and setopt) like ksh does. This also affects the value of the - special parameter.
SH_WORD_SPLIT (-y) <K> <S>
Causes field splitting to be performed on unquoted parameter expansions. Note that this
option has nothing to do with word splitting. (See the section `Parameter Expansion'.)
TRAPS_ASYNC
While waiting for a program to exit, handle signals and run traps immediately. Otherwise the
trap is run after a child process has exited. Note this does not affect the point at which
traps are run for any case other than when the shell is waiting for a child process.
Shell State
INTERACTIVE (-i, ksh: -i)
This is an interactive shell. This option is set upon initialisation if the standard input is
a tty and commands are being read from standard input. (See the discussion of SHIN_STDIN.)
This heuristic may be overridden by specifying a state for this option on the command line.
The value of this option cannot be changed anywhere other than the command line.
LOGIN (-l, ksh: -l)
This is a login shell. If this option is not explicitly set, the shell is a login shell if
the first character of the argv[0] passed to the shell is a `-'.
PRIVILEGED (-p, ksh: -p)
Turn on privileged mode. This is enabled automatically on startup if the effective user
(group) ID is not equal to the real user (group) ID. Turning this option off causes the
effective user and group IDs to be set to the real user and group IDs. This option disables
sourcing user startup files. If zsh is invoked as `sh' or `ksh' with this option set,
/etc/suid_profile is sourced (after /etc/profile on interactive shells). Sourcing ~/.profile
is disabled and the contents of the ENV variable is ignored. This option cannot be changed
using the -m option of setopt and unsetopt, and changing it inside a function always changes
it globally regardless of the LOCAL_OPTIONS option.
RESTRICTED (-r)
Enables restricted mode. This option cannot be changed using unsetopt, and setting it inside
a function always changes it globally regardless of the LOCAL_OPTIONS option. See the section
`Restricted Shell'.
SHIN_STDIN (-s, ksh: -s)
Commands are being read from the standard input. Commands are read from standard input if no
command is specified with -c and no file of commands is specified. If SHIN_STDIN is set
explicitly on the command line, any argument that would otherwise have been taken as a file to
run will instead be treated as a normal positional parameter. Note that setting or unsetting
this option on the command line does not necessarily affect the state the option will have
while the shell is running - that is purely an indicator of whether on not commands are actu-ally actually
ally being read from standard input. The value of this option cannot be changed anywhere
other than the command line.
SINGLE_COMMAND (-t, ksh: -t)
If the shell is reading from standard input, it exits after a single command has been exe-cuted. executed.
cuted. This also makes the shell non-interactive, unless the INTERACTIVE option is explicitly
set on the command line. The value of this option cannot be changed anywhere other than the
command line.
Zle
BEEP (+B) <D>
Beep on error in ZLE.
EMACS If ZLE is loaded, turning on this option has the equivalent effect of `bindkey -e'. In addi-tion, addition,
tion, the VI option is unset. Turning it off has no effect. The option setting is not guar-anteed guaranteed
anteed to reflect the current keymap. This option is provided for compatibility; bindkey is
the recommended interface.
OVERSTRIKE
Start up the line editor in overstrike mode.
SINGLE_LINE_ZLE (-M) <K>
Use single-line command line editing instead of multi-line.
VI If ZLE is loaded, turning on this option has the equivalent effect of `bindkey -v'. In addi-tion, addition,
tion, the EMACS option is unset. Turning it off has no effect. The option setting is not
guaranteed to reflect the current keymap. This option is provided for compatibility; bindkey
is the recommended interface.
ZLE (-Z)
Use the zsh line editor. Set by default in interactive shells connected to a terminal.
OPTION ALIASES
Some options have alternative names. These aliases are never used for output, but can be used just
like normal option names when specifying options to the shell.
BRACE_EXPAND
NO_IGNORE_BRACES (ksh and bash compatibility)
DOT_GLOB
GLOB_DOTS (bash compatibility)
HASH_ALL
HASH_CMDS (bash compatibility)
HIST_APPEND
APPEND_HISTORY (bash compatibility)
HIST_EXPAND
BANG_HIST (bash compatibility)
LOG NO_HIST_NO_FUNCTIONS (ksh compatibility)
MAIL_WARN
MAIL_WARNING (bash compatibility)
ONE_CMD
SINGLE_COMMAND (bash compatibility)
PHYSICAL
CHASE_LINKS (ksh and bash compatibility)
PROMPT_VARS
PROMPT_SUBST (bash compatibility)
STDIN SHIN_STDIN (ksh compatibility)
TRACK_ALL
HASH_CMDS (ksh compatibility)
SINGLE LETTER OPTIONS
Default set
-0 CORRECT
-1 PRINT_EXIT_VALUE
-2 NO_BAD_PATTERN
-3 NO_NOMATCH
-4 GLOB_DOTS
-5 NOTIFY
-6 BG_NICE
-7 IGNORE_EOF
-8 MARK_DIRS
-9 AUTO_LIST
-B NO_BEEP
-C NO_CLOBBER
-D PUSHD_TO_HOME
-E PUSHD_SILENT
-F NO_GLOB
-G NULL_GLOB
-H RM_STAR_SILENT
-I IGNORE_BRACES
-J AUTO_CD
-K NO_BANG_HIST
-L SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK
-M SINGLE_LINE_ZLE
-N AUTO_PUSHD
-O CORRECT_ALL
-P RC_EXPAND_PARAM
-Q PATH_DIRS
-R LONG_LIST_JOBS
-S REC_EXACT
-T CDABLE_VARS
-U MAIL_WARNING
-V NO_PROMPT_CR
-W AUTO_RESUME
-X LIST_TYPES
-Y MENU_COMPLETE
-Z ZLE
-a ALL_EXPORT
-e ERR_EXIT
-f NO_RCS
-g HIST_IGNORE_SPACE
-h HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
-i INTERACTIVE
-k INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS
-l LOGIN
-m MONITOR
-n NO_EXEC
-p PRIVILEGED
-r RESTRICTED
-s SHIN_STDIN
-t SINGLE_COMMAND
-u NO_UNSET
-v VERBOSE
-w CHASE_LINKS
-x XTRACE
-y SH_WORD_SPLIT
sh/ksh emulation set
-C NO_CLOBBER
-T TRAPS_ASYNC
-X MARK_DIRS
-a ALL_EXPORT
-b NOTIFY
-e ERR_EXIT
-f NO_GLOB
-i INTERACTIVE
-l LOGIN
-m MONITOR
-n NO_EXEC
-p PRIVILEGED
-r RESTRICTED
-s SHIN_STDIN
-t SINGLE_COMMAND
-u NO_UNSET
-v VERBOSE
-x XTRACE
Also note
-A Used by set for setting arrays
-b Used on the command line to specify end of option processing
-c Used on the command line to specify a single command
-m Used by setopt for pattern-matching option setting
-o Used in all places to allow use of long option names
-s Used by set to sort positional parameters
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