Updating command cache

Updating command cache

[Jesper Holmberg]

I've found that when I install a new package (I'm running Debian), the
newly available commands (i.e. the executables that've just been
installed) are not available from the prompt. I can run the command by
specifying its complete path, but zsh doesn't find it on its own.

I imagine this is because there is some sort of cache with the available
executables, so my question is: how do I make zsh update this cache? I
realize it's a small matter to just exit and restart the shell, but I was
wondering how to do this without exiting.

TIA,

Jesper


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Re: Updating command cache

[Drew Perttula]

Run 'rehash'- that's exactly what it does.

> I imagine this is because there is some sort of cache with the available
> executables, so my question is: how do I make zsh update this cache? I

Re: Updating command cache

[Christoph Lange]

> I've found that when I install a new package (I'm running Debian), the
> newly available commands (i.e. the executables that've just been
> installed) are not available from the prompt. I can run the command by
> specifying its complete path, but zsh doesn't find it on its own.
>
> [...] how do I make zsh update this cache?

rehash (same as hash -r).

Christoph

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