Supercharge Your Command Prompt with Zsh and Oh My Zsh

Boost productivity and streamline your workflow with this dynamic duo.

What Is Oh My Zsh?

Here’s how to set it all up across different Linux systems and macOS.

Terminal window showing the manual page for the Mutt email client on Linux

Install OMZ.

Now you’re able to install Zsh and Git.

To make things simple, let’s start over with a new configuration file and some very basic options.

The oh my zsh successfull installation screen.-1

First, back up your existing .zshrc file.

Why stop here?

There’s so much more you’re able to do to really trick out your command prompt!

The default .zshrc file with ALL the configuration options.

Then, every time you open your terminal or pop in zsh, OMZ will load a different theme.

Here are four more that you might want to know about.

Then save the file, exit the editor, and reset your terminal.

The zsh prompt with the bira theme and the git plugin enabled.

setopt nocasematch

Some people don’t like typo autocorrection, and some do.

If you’re part of the latter, you’re able to enable autocorrection.

First, revert your shell back to bash.

Setting the theme to %22random%22 does just what you might think it does.-1

Remove Oh My Zsh and rename the .zshrc file.

Congratulations on successfully installing and configuring Oh My Zsh on your system!

This is a huge step towards enhancing your terminal experience and boosting your productivity.

Autosuggestions provides help with completing previously-used commands.

Autocomplete helps by suggesting commands and directory locations.