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-ZSH FEATURES
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-
-very close to ksh/sh grammar, with csh additions
-most features of ksh, bash, and tcsh
-can emulate ksh or POSIX sh
-100 builtins, 145 options, 166 key bindings
-short for loops, ex: for i (*.c) echo $i
-select
-shell functions
-autoloaded functions (loaded from a file when they are first referenced)
-conditional expressions (test builtin, [ ... ], and ksh-style [[ ... ]])
-global aliases (may be expanded anywhere on the line)
-directory stack access with ~num
-process substitution (vi =(cmd) edits the output of cmd)
-generalized pipes (ls foo >>(cmd1) 2>>(cmd2) pipes stdout to cmd1
-  and stderr to cmd2)
-arithmetic expressions
-advanced globbing:
-  ls **/file  searches recursively for "file" in subdirectories
-  ls file<20->  matches file20, file30, file100, etc.
-  ls *.(c|pro)  matches *.c and *.pro
-  ls *(R)  matches only world-readable files
-  ls *.c~lex.c  matches all .c files except lex.c
-  ls (#a1)README  matches README with one error, e.g. RADME, REEDME, RAEDME
-  ls (#ia1)README same but case insensitive
-qualifiers in parentheses after globbing expression:
-  ls *(*@)  matches executable files/directories or symlinks
-  ls *(L0f.go-w.)  matches all zero-length files not group or world writable
-  ls *(om[2])  matches the two most recently modified files
-null command shorthands:
-  "< file" is same as "more <file"
-  "> file" is same as "cat >file"
-  ">> file" is same as "cat >>file"
-ksh-style coprocesses
-automatic file stream teeing (ls >foo >bar puts output in two places)
-chpwd() function run every time you change directory (useful for
-  updating the status line)
-job control
-csh-style history
-full vi line editing, including "c2w" and "y$" and such things
-full emacs line editing
-line editor is programmable via shell functions
-  - access and manipulate editor state via builtins and parameters
-  - user-defined `widgets' behave like other editor functions
-  - keymap customisation
-  - example functions provided
-incremental history search
-magic-space history
-spelling correction
-array parameters
-associative array parameters
-tie parameters a la path/PATH, e.g. ld_library_path/LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-$MACHTYPE, $VENDOR and $OSTYPE identify the host machine
-$LINENO, $RANDOM, $SECONDS, $cdpath, $COLUMNS, $fignore, $HISTCHARS, $mailpath
-$UID, $EUID, $GID, $EGID and $USERNAME can be assigned to
-with autocd option, typing a directory name by itself is the same as
-  typing "cd dirname"
-incremental path hashing
-automatic process time reporting for commands that run over a certain limit
-full tcsh-style prompt substitution plus conditional prompt expressions
-utmp login/logout reporting
-with histverify option, performing csh-style history expansions causes the
-  input line to be brought up for editing instead of being executed
-with sunkeyboardhack option, accidentally typed trailing ` characters
-  are removed from the input line (for those of you with Sun keyboards :-) )
-"cd old new" replaces "old" with "new" in directory string
-generalized argument completion, new system based on shell functions:
-  - highly context sensitive
-  - large (and I mean large) set of completions supplied, from a2ps to zstyle
-  - partial file path completion
-  - spelling correction and approximate completion of any completable word
-  - highly configurable expansion of shell arguments
-  - completion list colouring [`colorizing' for you lot over there]
-  - selection of completion elements with the cursor
-  - full scrolling of lists (in optional module)
-  - completion of words from the history list
-  - `styles' feature for versatile configuration
-  - `tags' feature for choosing completions preferentially
-  - `match' specifications, allowing e.g.
-    - variant forms:  NO_glob, noglob, _NOGLOB_ all from the keyword glob
-    - partial-word matches with arbitrary anchors, e.g.
-      z_t.c -> zle_tricky.c
-      c.u.s -> comp.unix.shell
-    - complete control over case-insensitive matching
-    - can be defined globally or for individual completions
-  - bindable special completion functions
-menu completion: pressing TAB repeatedly cycles through the possible matches
-prompt on right side of screen
-directory stacks
-history datestamps and execution time records
-command scheduling (like at(1), but in the shell's context)
-tty mode freezing
-up to 9 startup files (but you only need 1 or 2)
-really 8-bit clean, and we mean it this time
-which -a cmd lists all occurrences of "cmd" in the path
-floating point support
-dynamically loadable binary modules, supplied modules include
-  - an FTP client which runs in the shell, with function suite
-  - math functions
-  - builtin interface to the `stat' system command
-  - builtin versions of standard commands (mv, ln, etc.) for emergencies
-  - special parameters to access internal state of hash tables etc.
-  - special associative array to access contents of files directly
-  - profiler for shell functions
-  - a pseudo-terminal handler, for purposes like `expect'
-  - builtins for interaction with termcap and terminfo