From: Zach Riggle <zachriggle@gmail.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Zsh Rosetta Stone / ExplainShell equivalent
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:58:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMP9c5mEcn8z_sFLuvbzTUTqWEeATGcunVyOj=WXBC6rEmjWQw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Has anybody written a "zsh wtf" style tool where a complex expression is
annotated, similar to "explainshell.com"?
The more I learn about Zsh, the more obscure and hard-to-read my code is.
$ command date
Tue Nov 23 20:17:53 CST 2021
$ ls -la *(.Dmm-3)
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:17 file_10
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:15 file_8
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:16 file_9
Is definitely very convenient -- but only if you know what's going on.
Other, more documented commands can achieve roughly the same thing.
$ find . -Bmin -3 -type f -maxdepth 1 | xargs ls -la
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:17 ./file_10
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:15 ./file_8
-rw-r--r-- 1 zachriggle staff 0 Nov 23 20:16 ./file_9
Is there any interest in something like ExplainShell or ShellCheck for
Zsh? I'm not sure what tools are best fit for parsing things like
complicated expressions.
*Zach Riggle*
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next reply other threads:[~2021-11-24 2:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-24 2:58 Zach Riggle [this message]
2021-12-01 5:22 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-12-01 17:26 ` zzapper
2021-12-01 18:40 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-12-01 18:52 ` david rayner
2021-12-01 19:38 ` Daniel Shahaf
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