How zsh is more useful than bash

Re:How zsh is more useful than bash by patrickg on Saturday May 11, 2013 @09:05AM (#5690482)

I use bash as my everyday shell since 1996. I keep on reading the "how great zsh is" articles. And I always try zsh. But after a few minutes/hours, I go back to bash. It's really hard to change.

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Re:How zsh is more useful than bash by andreasvc on Saturday May 11, 2013 @09:39AM (#5690546)

Just using zsh as a drop-in replacement for bash is pointless. You'd need to discover its features and customize it to get added value.

As a simple example, in bash if you use tab completion and there are multiple options, pressing tab again just reminds you that there are multiple options accompanied by a passive aggressive beep (it used to be this way at least). zsh lets you cycle through the possible completions.

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Re:How zsh is more useful than bash by bashaintthatbad on Sunday May 12, 2013 @03:17AM (#5693480)

> As a simple example, in bash if you use tab completion and there are multiple options, pressing tab again just reminds you that there are multiple options accompanied by a passive aggressive beep

This should fix it in bash: bind '"\t":menu-complete'

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