ZSH & Oh my ZSH

ZSH is a powerful command interpreter, better than bash. If you use it, you can improve it with Oh my ZSH which is configuration for ZSH.

Install zsh

sudo apt install -y zsh

Install oh-my-zsh

INFO

If you want to use ZSH, you need to logout to enable it, you can exit SSH session and reconnect if you are on a server.

Manual

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

Inline

yes | sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
echo 'exec zsh' >> ~/.bashrc

INFO

If your shell don't persist you can add this line to ~/.bashrc to enable it.

echo 'exec zsh' >> ~/.bashrc

Change theme

With Oh my ZSH, you can use themes to have beautiful terminal, check available themes here: github.com/ohmyzsh, I use pmcgee.

You can find other themes on https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes

To install a new theme, just edit ~/.zshrc

Manual

vim ~/.zshrc

Inline

sed -i 's/ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"/ZSH_THEME="pmcgee"/' ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Search ZSH_THEME at the top of file and update value

ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
ZSH_THEME="pmcgee"

~/.zshrc

Update new configuration

source ~/.zshrc

eza

eza is a modern, maintained replacement for ls.

• GitHub

Add gpg to handle keys

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gpg

Install eza with cargo

INFO

To use cargo, you need to install rust first, check Rust for more information.

sudo apt install -y build-essential
git clone https://github.com/eza-community/eza.git
cd eza
cargo install --path .

Override ls with eza

vim ~/.zshrc

Add this line at the end of file

alias ls="eza"
alias ll="eza -al"
alias la="eza --long --all"

~/.zshrc

Update new configuration

source ~/.zshrc

Now you can use eza with ls.