ZSH(1)

NAME
       zsh - the Z shell

SYNOPSIS
       Because  zsh  contains  many  features, the zsh manual has
       been split into a number of sections:

          zsh          Zsh overview (this section)
          zshbuiltins  Zsh built-in functions
          zshcompctl   Zsh completion control
          zshexpn      Zsh command and parameter expansion
          zshparam     Zsh parameters
          zshzle       Zsh command line editing
          zshoptions   Zsh options
          zshmisc      Currently everything else
          zshall       Meta-man page containing all of the above

DESCRIPTION
       Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter  (shell)  usable  as  an
       interactive login shell and as a shell script command pro-
       cessor.  Of the standard shells, zsh most  closely  resem-
       bles  ksh  but includes many enhancements.  Zsh has comand
       line editing, builtin  spelling  correction,  programmable
       command  completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a
       history mechanism, and a host of other features.

INVOCATION OPTIONS
       If the -s flag is not present and an  argument  is  given,
       the first argument is taken to be the pathname of a script
       to execute.  The remaining arguments are assigned  to  the
       positional  parameters.   The  following  flags are inter-
       preted by the shell when invoked:

       -c string
              Read commands from string.
       -i     Force shell to be interactive.
       -s     Read command from the standard input.

STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FILES
       Commands are first read  from  /etc/zshenv.   If  the  RCS
       option  is unset within /etc/zshenv, all other initializa-
       tion files are skipped.  Otherwise, commands are read from
       $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv.   (If  ZDOTDIR  is  unset,  HOME is used
       instead).  If the first character of argument zero  passed
       to  the shell is -, or if the -l flag is present, then the
       shell is assumed to be a login  shell,  and  commands  are
       read   from  /etc/zprofile  and  then  $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile.
       Then, if the shell is interactive, commands are read  from
       /etc/zshrc  and  then  $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc.   Finally,  if the
       shell is a login shell, /etc/zlogin  and  $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin
       are read.

FILES
       $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv

       $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile
       $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc
       $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin
       $ZDOTDIR/.zlogout
       ${TMPPREFIX}*   (default is /tmp/zsh*)
       /etc/zshenv
       /etc/zprofile
       /etc/zshrc
       /etc/zlogin
       /etc/zlogout

AUTHOR
       Zsh  was originally written by Paul Falstad lt;pjf@cts.com.
       Zsh is now maintained by the members of  the  zsh  workers
       mailing list zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu.  The development
       is    currently    coordinated    by    Zoltan     Hidvegi
       lt;hzoli@cs.elte.hu.

SEE ALSO
       sh(1) csh(1) tcsh(1) rc(1) bash(1) ksh(1) zsh- 
       builtins(1) zshcompctl(1) zshexpn(1) zshparam(1) zsh- 
       zle(1) zshoptions(1) zshmisc(1). 

       IEEE  Standard for information Technology - Portable Oper-
       ating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 2: Shell and  Utili-
       ties, IEEE Inc, 1993, ISBN 1-55937-255-9.