snippetbashTip

zsh — Z SHell, a Bash-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: `bash`, `!`, `^`. More information: <

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

Viewed 0 times

shellcommandlinezshclibashcompatible

Problem

How to use the zsh command: Z SHell, a Bash-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: bash, !, ^. More information: <https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Invocation.html#Invocation>.

Solution

zsh — Z SHell, a Bash-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: bash, !, ^. More information: <https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Invocation.html#Invocation>.

Start an interactive shell session:

zsh

Execute specific [c]ommands:

zsh -c "{{echo Hello world}}"

Execute a specific script:

zsh {{path/to/script.zsh}}

Check a specific script for syntax errors without executing it:

zsh {{[-n|--no-exec]}} {{path/to/script.zsh}}

Execute specific commands from stdin:

{{echo Hello world}} | zsh

Execute a specific script, printing each command in the script before executing it:

zsh {{[-x|--xtrace]}} {{path/to/script.zsh}}

Start an interactive shell session in verbose mode, printing each command before executing it:

zsh {{[-v|--verbose]}}

Start Zsh without loading user level configuration (e.g. ~/.zshrc):

zsh {{[-f|--no-rcs]}}

Code Snippets

Start an interactive shell session

zsh

Execute specific [c]ommands

zsh -c "{{echo Hello world}}"

Execute a specific script

zsh {{path/to/script.zsh}}

Check a specific script for syntax errors without executing it

zsh {{[-n|--no-exec]}} {{path/to/script.zsh}}

Execute specific commands from `stdin`

{{echo Hello world}} | zsh

Context

tldr-pages: common/zsh

Revisions (0)

No revisions yet.