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Z shell

The Z shell (Zsh) is a shell and a command-line interpreter for shell scripts. Zsh mostly maintains the Bourne shell's syntax and behavior, but in its default configuration deviates in some significant ways from the POSIX standard specification of the sh language (such as eliminating implicit IFS-splitting and globbing upon unquoted parameter expansions)…

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LoginCshAmigaNativeWin32
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Features

Command historyFile globbingFindVariableArray
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ShellCommand-line interpreterShell scriptsBourne shellPOSIX
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GitHub
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Developers
Peter Stephenson, et al.
License
MIT-Modern-Variant
Operating system
Cross-platform
Original author
Paul Falstad
Release
1990; 36 years ago (1990)
Repository
sf.net/p/zsh/code/

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Z shell

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples32
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Z shell

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related to Community · 12
Z shell → Antigen, As, Beyond, Furthermore, GitHub, It, Oh My Zsh, The, These, Veil, Zim, Zsh
Developers · 1
Z shell → Peter Stephenson, et al.
License · 1
Z shell → MIT-Modern-Variant
Operating system · 1
Z shell → Cross-platform
Original author · 1
Z shell → Paul Falstad
Release · 1
Z shell → 1990; 36 years ago (1990)
Repository · 1
Z shell → sf.net/p/zsh/code/
Stable release · 1
Z shell → 5.9.2 / 12 July 2026; 43 days ago (12 July 2026)
Type · 1
Z shell → Unix shell
Website · 1
Z shell → zsh.org

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zsh shell features default also community command command-line globbing falstad 1990 user plug-ins themes posix paul website run princeton university

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Z shellDevelopersPeter Stephenson, et al.1.00infobox
Z shellLicenseMIT-Modern-Variant1.00infobox
Z shellOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
Z shellOriginal authorPaul Falstad1.00infobox
Z shellRelease1990; 36 years ago (1990)1.00infobox
Z shellRepositorysf.net/p/zsh/code/1.00infobox
Z shellStable release5.9.2 / 12 July 2026; 43 days ago (12 July 2026)1.00infobox
Z shellTypeUnix shell1.00infobox
Z shellWebsitezsh.org1.00infobox
Z shellWritten inC1.00infobox
programmable command-line completioninstance ofoffering functionality0.80text
extended file globbinginstance ofoffering functionality0.80text

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