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I can copy a file 'fish.jpg' to the directory which zshz thinks I'm most likely to want according to my string 'myfishes' e.g. sz fish.jpg myfishs sz () {     alias z='zshz 2>&1'     if (( $# != 2 ))     then         echo 'Usage: Enter file to copy & destination directory string for z'         echo 'e.g: sz file.txt project2'         return 1     fi     f=$1     zshz $2 2>&1     cp -ip ~-/$f . } Is there anything more elegant more 'zsh'? zzapper