\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{mazal (chi-zach)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (z-shell-basics.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (mazal (chi-zach)) /Subject (Z Shell Basics Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{2C5CA3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F4F9} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Z Shell Basics Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{mazal (chi-zach)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/19334/cs/46385/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}mazal (chi-zach) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/chi-zach} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 17th May, 2025.\\ Updated 18th May, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Directory Commands}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{pwd}} & Print working directory \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{mkdir}} \textless{}directory\textgreater{} & Create a new directory \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{rmdir}} \textless{}directory\textgreater{} & Remove an empty directory \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{cd}} \textless{}directory\textgreater{} & Change directory \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{↳ Use \textless{} .. \textgreater{} to go up one level, \textless{} \textasciitilde{} \textgreater{} for home directory, or \textless{} - \textgreater{} for the previous directory.}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ls}} \textless{}flag\textgreater{} & List files and directories \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ~~~~-l & Long format \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} ~~~~-a & All entries \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ~~~~-h & Human-readable sizes \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} ~~~~-t & Sort by modification time \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ~~~~-r & Reverse order \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} ~~~~-d & List directory (meta) \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.32 cm} x{3.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Finding Files}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{grep}} \textless{}pattern\textgreater{} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Search pattern in a file \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{find}} \textless{}path\textgreater{} \textless{}expression\textgreater{}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{↳ Search for files and directories within a directory hierarchy:*} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} ~~~~-name & (by name) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ~~~~-type d & (by directories) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} ~~~~-type f & (by files) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{locate}} \textless{}filename\textgreater{} & Quickly find files by name \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Command Help}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{man}} \textless{}command\textgreater{} & Display the manual page. Press \{ q \} to exit. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \textless{}command\textgreater{} {\bf{-{}-help}} & Brief help message. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.56 cm} x{5.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{File Operations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{touch}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Create an empty file or update a file's timestamp \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{cp}} \textless{}src\textgreater{} \textless{}dest\textgreater{} & Copy files and dirs \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\emph{↳ Add \{ -r \} to copy directories recursively.}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{mv}} \textless{}src\textgreater{} \textless{}dest\textgreater{} & Move or rename files/dirs \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{rm}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Remove files \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{↳ {\emph{Use with caution! Add \textless{} -r \textgreater{} to remove directories and their contents, \textless{} -f \textgreater{} to force removal without prompting.}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{cat}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Print file contents to screen \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{less}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & View file content page-by-page \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{head}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Display the first few lines of a file (default 10) \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{tail}} \textless{}file\textgreater{} & Display the last few lines of a file (default 10) \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{↳ {\emph{Add \textless{} -f \textgreater{} to follow the file as it grows.}}} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{zsh shortcuts: Navigation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ A}} & Beginning of line \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ E}} & End of line \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ F}} & Forward one character \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ B}} & Back one character \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{zsh shortcuts: Deletion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ U}} & Delete the current line \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ K}} & Delete from cursor to EOL \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{}⎋ + ⌦\textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{} & \textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{}Delete one word (backward)\textasciitilde{}\textasciitilde{} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ W}} & Delete one word (backward) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ D}} & Delete one char (forward) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{FN + ⌦}} & Delete one char (forward) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ L}} & Clear the screen \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌘ K}} & Clear history \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ \_}} & Undo the last change \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.44 cm} x{6.56 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{zsh shortcuts: Process and shell}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ C}} & Terminate the running foreground process \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ Z}} & Suspend the running foreground process \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ D}} & Exit current shell (when line is empty) \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.44 cm} x{6.56 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{zsh shortcuts: History}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{↑}} & Recall the previous command in history \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{↓}} & Recall the next command in history \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{⌃ R}} & Search the command history \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{⌃ G}} & Escape from command search mode \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{!!}} & Execute the last typed command \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{!pw}} & Run last command that begins with \textless{}pw\textgreater{} (e.g., !cd) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}