Terminal¶

Zsh and Oh My ZSH¶

Oh My Zsh is a framework for Zsh, the Z shell.[1]

Install ohmyzsh ¶

sudo apt install zsh
# install oh my zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install Fonts¶

Info

Nerd Fonts is a project that patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons). Specifically to add a high number of extra glyphs from popular 'iconic fonts' such as Font Awesome, Devicons, Octicons, and others.[2]

Download Nerd Fonts and update Font cache:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts
wget https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/JetBrainsMono.tar.xz
tar -xf JetBrainsMono.tar.xz
rm JetBrainsMono.tar.xz
fc-cache -fv

select JetBrainsMono <Nerd fonts> in preferences-->profiles->Text->Custom font

restart terminal and test icons

echo -e "\ue62b \uf296 \ue62b"

Install Theme ¶

[!WARNING] Nerd-fonts is prepared for displaying the powerlevel10k icon

# install as oh-my-zsh plugin
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Open ~/.zshrc, find the line that sets ZSH_THEME, and change its value to "powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k" as following:

# correct the old ZSH_THEME or can not find p10k command
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

then restart terminal and config themes

p10k configure

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Install Plugins¶

[!NOTE] You can update plugins manually use omz update, or the system will periodically prompt you for updates.

install extra plugin from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git clone https://github.com/Pilaton/OhMyZsh-full-autoupdate.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/ohmyzsh-full-autoupdate
git clone https://github.com/fdellwing/zsh-bat.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-bat

activate the built-in or extra plugins in ~/.zshrc

plugins=(
    command-not-found
    extract
    docker
    history-substring-search
    z
    zsh-autosuggestions
    zsh-syntax-highlighting
    ohmyzsh-full-autoupdate
)

Note

plugin config must before the source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

Command-not-found¶

this plugin uses the command-not-found package for Zsh to provide suggested packages to be installed if a command cannot be found.

Extract¶

This plugin defines a function called extract that extracts the archive file you pass it, and it supports a wide variety of archive filetypes.

History-substring-search¶

The Plugin enables searching through commands history by typing a partial match of previous command.

Use ⬆️ or ⬇️ to match commands from history

Z¶

Zsh-z is a command-line tool that allows you to jump quickly to directories that you have visited frequently or recently.[3]

1. cd needs the specific directory, keywords of your directory which visited before is enough for z 2. tab with z show the scope that the keywords would match.

Zsh-autosuggestions¶

It suggests commands based on your history of previous commands and completions

Zsh-syntax-highlighting¶

Alert the wrong syntax with red color

Zsh-bat¶

This plugin will replace cat with batcat

sudo apt install bat

VS Code Terminal Config¶

To config VS Code terminal, add the following properties to your user settings.json to enable Zshand monospace fonts.

[!NOTE] A restart is required for font changes to take effect.

{
  "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono"
  "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 14,
  "terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled": true,
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell",
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "zsh"
}

Tmux¶

install via sudo apt install tmux config

git clone --single-branch https://github.com/gpakosz/.tmux.git ~/.local/share/oh-my-tmux

mkdir -p ~/.config/tmux

ln -s ~/.local/share/oh-my-tmux/.tmux.conf ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf

cp ~/.local/share/oh-my-tmux/.tmux.conf.local ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf.local

# make sure read the latest config
tmux kill-server

prefix is Ctrl+a/b

kill all session tmux kill-server

split panes prefix + - horizontally split panes prefix + _ vertically

switch in different split panes prefix + h/j/k/l or ⬆️/⬅️/➡️/⬇️

scroll up or down in split panes prefix + [ into copy mode, then - ⬆️/⬇️ or PgUp/PgDn - g to specify which line to go

keep session running in background

tmux new -s proxy
sing-box-cli run

press ctrl+B then d to detach go back to session

tmux attach -t proxy

Shortcut¶

Use Tab to autocomplete file, directory, commands

Erase the whole line via Ctrl+U Clear screen using Ctrl+L

Home or End (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+E) can jump to the front or the end of the command

zsh-autosuggestions with ➡️ gets the command from history, but sometimes the partial commands, words need to be modified to run,Ctrl+U remove the word before the cursor

Ctrl+D terminates the current SSH connection

history-substring-search allows us to use keyword with ⬆️, ⬇️ to filter commands from history

Ctrl+C to kill the running program, Ctrl+Z to suspend it

Use Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V to copy and paste