I am not a subscriber. In zsh --version: zsh 5.0.8 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0) Iff there is an alias set on ls, then entering `ls\` followed by twice the return key (i.e. the line break was accidental; the user just meant `ls`) causes a segmentation fault. In terminal, this looks likes like a Ctrl-d logout: (`alias ls=ls -GFh` in zshrc) % ls\ > [Process completed] In a fresh zsh -f we see why: % alias ls=ls % ls\ > zsh: segmentation fault zsh -f Regards, Ollie