Examples and Contributions

Official Zsh Examples
- zed Edit small files with the command line editor
- c2z Convert csh aliases to zsh aliases/functions
- multicomp Completes all manner of files given prefixes for each path segment. e.g. s/z/s -> src/zsh-2.4/src
Debbie Pickett
- _first Mail folder shortcuts - for new-style completion.
- dual Tie non-special variables like PATH and path together. In 3.1.9, this ability is built into the shell (typeset -T).
- gwhence Generic `whence'.
- manwhence A version of `whence' for manual pages.
- reverse Reverse all the argements, recursively --- for computer scientists.
- tailsh Run a file through shell, with ability to strip headers.
- undual Opposite to `dual'.
Bart Schaefer
- autobg How to get your job stuck automatically in the background when you press ^Z.
- export A neat way of turning `export' (or some other command) into a multi-line command in which you can put comments.
- per_directory_history How to get shell history to work separately in each directory.
- show A way of re-using globbed files in later commands without re-doing the expansion.
- text A way of testing whether a file is really text.
- two_line_prompt How to split your prompt into two lines. Note that 3.1.6 as a %(l...) prompt escape which may be easier than this.
Dominink Vogt
- tele A simple telephone database, implemented almost entirely in zsh with a little sed.
Fran Litterio
- manpath Search for a manual page containing the given argument.
Wolfgang Friebel
- cpd Change to previous directory: a menu-driven front end to the directory stack.

Official Zsh Examples
- compctl-examples Distributed in zsh Misc/ directory
- cdmatch Edit small files with the command line editor
Debbie Pickett
- match-Xcolours Completion of colour names for X11.
- match-Xcursor Completion of cursor for X11.
- match-echotc Completion for zsh's echotc builtin.
- match-mail Completion for mail folders.
- match-man Completion for the man command.
- match-sched Completion for zsh's sched builtin.
- match-services Completion for Internet services, from /etc/services.
- match-taropts Completion of options used by the tar command.

Official Zsh Examples
- zshrc
- zshenv
- zlogin
Debbie Pickett
- .zlogin
- .zlogout
- .zshenv
- .zshrc
Juhapekka Tolvanen Another extensive set, with good use of different colours. To get at it, you need to download a .tar.bz2 archive.
Adam Spiers A complicated example which makes use of some of the newer features

Examples and User Contributions

Scripts & Functions

Completion Scripts (compctl)

Startup Files