pmomentum / ztrace

Record output of commands, reuse it via curses interface

Introduction

Ztrace plugin allows to catch output of commands in background. By issuing:

ztstart 3

We inform Ztrace to catch output of 3 commands.

Video: https://asciinema.org/a/45530

Installation

Zplugin

Add zplugin load psprint/ztrace to your .zshrc file. Zplugin will handle cloning the plugin for you automatically the next time you start zsh.

Antigen

Adding antigen bundle psprint/ztrace to your .zshrc file. Antigen will handle cloning the plugin for you automatically the next time you start zsh. You can also add the plugin to a running zsh with antigen bundle psprint/ztrace for testing before adding it to your .zshrc.

Oh-My-Zsh

1. cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
2. git clone [email protected]:psprint/ztrace.git
3. Add zsnapshot to your plugin list

Zgen

Add zgen load psprint/ztrace to your .zshrc file in the same function you're doing your other zgen load calls in.

More information

Below are keyboard shortcuts used by ztrace command:

• Ctrl-T - start Zsh Command Architect (Zshell binding)
• Ctrl-E - switch between Ztrace and History views
• Enter - delete selected segment (when in command window) or add selected segment (when in history window)
• [ or ] - move active segment (when in command window)
• Shift-left or Shift-right - move active segment (when in command window)
• Tab - switch between the two available windows
• g, G - beginning and end of the list
• / - start incremental search
• Esc - exit incremental search, clearing filter
• <,>, {,} - horizontal scroll
• Ctrl-L - redraw of whole display
• Ctrl-O, o - enter uniq mode (no duplicate lines)
• Ctrl-W (in incremental search) - delete whole word
• Ctrl-K (in incremental search) - delete whole line
• Ctrl-D, Ctrl-U - half page up or down
• Ctrl-P, Ctrl-N - previous and next (also done with vim's j,k)

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