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oh-my-posh — Cross platform prompt engine for any shell. More information: <https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/installatio

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Problem

How to use the oh-my-posh command: Cross platform prompt engine for any shell. More information: <https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/installation/customize>.

Solution

oh-my-posh — Cross platform prompt engine for any shell. More information: <https://ohmyposh.dev/docs/installation/customize>.

Display current shell name:

oh-my-posh get shell

Initialize for Bash:

eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config {{path/to/theme}})"

Initialize for PowerShell:

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config {{path/to/theme}} | Invoke-Expression

Initialize for Zsh:

eval "$(oh-my-posh init zsh --config {{path/to/theme}})"

Enable live reloading:

oh-my-posh enable reload

Disable live reloading:

oh-my-posh disable reload

Print debug information for troubleshooting:

oh-my-posh debug

Update to latest version:

oh-my-posh upgrade

Code Snippets

Display current shell name

oh-my-posh get shell

Initialize for Bash

eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config {{path/to/theme}})"

Initialize for PowerShell

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config {{path/to/theme}} | Invoke-Expression

Initialize for Zsh

eval "$(oh-my-posh init zsh --config {{path/to/theme}})"

Enable live reloading

oh-my-posh enable reload

Context

tldr-pages: common/oh-my-posh

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