Z-shell overview
Reference
Very useful blog:
http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/02/my-extravagant-zsh-prompt/#username-and-hostname
http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Intro/intro_12.html#SEC12
Variable
| name | usage |
|---|---|
| %m | Hostname |
| %n | Username |
| %d | Directory from / |
| %~ | Directory from ~ |
| %t | time (12) |
| %T | time (24) |
%d and %~ can add a number to specify how many previous path will show. Like %1~
Guide to zsh
Here is the link to A User’s Guide to the Z-Shell
single quotes & double quotes
RPROMPT="$(command)" # this will run command, then set RPROMPT to the result
RPROMPT='$(command)' # this will set RPROMPT to run command each time it is printedDate
man Date
| %a | locale’s abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Sun) |
| %A | locale’s full weekday name (e.g., Sunday) |
| %b | locale’s abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan) |
| %B | locale’s full month name (e.g., January) |
| %c | locale’s date and time (e.g., Thu Mar 3 23:05:25 2005) |
| %C | century; like %Y, except omit last two digits (e.g., 20) |
| %d | day of month (e.g., 01) |
| %D | date; same as %m/%d/%y |
| %e | day of month, space padded; same as %_d |
| %F | full date; same as %Y-%m-%d |
| %g | last two digits of year of ISO week number (see %G) |
| %G | year of ISO week number (see %V); normally useful only with %V |
| %h | same as %b |
| %H | hour (00..23) |
| %I | hour (01..12) |
| %j | day of year (001..366) |
| %k | hour, space padded ( 0..23); same as %_H |
| %l | hour, space padded ( 1..12); same as %_I |
| %m | month (01..12) |
| %M | minute (00..59) |
| %n | a newline |
| %N | nanoseconds (000000000..999999999) |
| %p | locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known |
| %P | like %p, but lower case |
| %r | locale’s 12-hour clock time (e.g., 11:11:04 PM) |
| %R | 24-hour hour and minute; same as %H:%M |
| %s | seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC |
| %S | second (00..60) |
| %t | a tab |
| %T | time; same as %H:%M:%S |
| %u | day of week (1..7); 1 is Monday |
| %U | week number of year, with Sunday as first day of week (00..53) |
| %V | ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53) |
| %w | day of week (0..6); 0 is Sunday |
| %W | week number of year, with Monday as first day of week (00..53) |
| %x | locale’s date representation (e.g., 12/31/99) |
| %X | locale’s time representation (e.g., 23:13:48) |
| %y | last two digits of year (00..99) |
| %Y | year |
| %z | +hhmm numeric time zone (e.g., -0400) |
| %:z | +hh:mm numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00) |
| %::z | +hh:mm:ss numeric time zone (e.g., -04:00:00) |
| %:::z | numeric time zone with : to necessary precision (e.g., -04, +05:30) |
| %Z | alphabetic time zone abbreviation (e.g., EDT) |
My ZSH theme
function prompt_char {
git branch >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo '±' && return
hg root >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo '☿' && return
echo ''
}
function virtualenv_info {
[ $VIRTUAL_ENV ] && echo '('`basename $VIRTUAL_ENV`') '
}
function timeClock {
HOUR=$(date +'%I') # 1 - 12
MIN=$(date +'%M') # 0 - 59
if [[ $HOUR -eq 1 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F550'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 1 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55C'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 2 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F551'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 2 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55D'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 3 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F552'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 3 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55E'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 4 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F553'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 4 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55F'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 5 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F554'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 5 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F560'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 6 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F555'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 6 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F561'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 7 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F556'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 7 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F562'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 8 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F557'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 8 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F563'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 9 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F558'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 9 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F564'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 10 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F559'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 10 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F565'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 11 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55A'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 11 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F566'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 12 && MIN -lt 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F55B'
elif [[ $HOUR -eq 12 && MIN -ge 30 ]]; then echo '\U1F567'
fi
}
PROMPT='%{$fg[yellow]%}🜲 %{$fg[red]%}%n%{$reset_color%} %{$fg_bold[green]%}%2~ $(git_prompt_info)%{$reset_color%}$(virtualenv_info)$(prompt_char) '
RPROMPT='$(timeClock)'
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[blue]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="⥀ "
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN=""