What is zTerm?

zTerm is my personal zsh configuration which I use on daily basis. Whenever I need a new command in my terminal, I add it here. This repository contains many useful commands and aliases which help me improve my productivity when using command-line. I continuously imrpove it and add new code to it.

zTerm 2

zTerm is a framework for managing zsh configuration. It includes zsh functions, completions, as well as AppleScript script libraries and zsh interface functions.

Functions

Below is a brief description of some functions included in zTerm 2.
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Examples

Extended Commands

Functions which extend shell builtins.

• cd - modified cd zsh builtin that prints new working directory and lists its contents.
• pwd - modified pwd zsh builtin that automatically prints logical and physical working directories if they are not the same.
• pipeset - modified typeset zsh builtin that can be used to set parameters from standard or piped input.

  echo "A\nZ" | pipeset -a array  # array=(A Z)  

• error - print error message and return from the calling function.

Display

Functions for formatting and displaying text.

• styles - set FG, BG, FX and fg, bg, fx arrays which can be used for styling text

  styles -UA # set all styles
  echo "$bg[red]Hello, world$bg[default]" # use parameters directly, or use functions:
  red "Hello"      # red color (fg)
  Green-bg "World" # bright green background color (bg)
  blink "..."      # blinking text (fx)

• 2hex - print ASCII input as hex.
• order - print characters or words in alphabetical order.
• print-var - print parameter's type and value.
• show - show information about an object (command, function, alias, parameter, etc.).

$ show PATH
> parameters : scalar-tied-export-special PATH[29] = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
$ show ls
> aliases ls: /bin/ls -BFGHhk
> commands ls: /bin/ls
     1       ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUW@abcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1%] [file ...]

• synopsis - print synopsis for a command (used by show).
• syntaxf - underline ${variables} or substitute red "null" string if varialble is not set (used by error).
• typeof - print type of a command or parameter.

Util

• mvtr - move files to trash.
• youtube-hd - download HD youtube videos and audio and merge it into .mkv format.