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Rotareti
Rotareti

Reputation: 53803

Start next prompt with predefined command string in zsh

I have a function that returns a command as a string. How do I pass this command to the next prompt as a string without executing it.

For example:

Function commandGenerator returns cd ~/some_dir/ as a string. Now I execute commandGenerator in my terminal:

> commandGenerator
> cd ~/some_dir/
                ^
                Cursor position after execution of commandGenerator.
                I can now edit the command or hit enter to execute it.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 164

Answers (1)

chepner
chepner

Reputation: 531155

The -z option to the built-in print command writes text to the command buffer.

% print -z "cd ~/some_dir/"
% cd ~/some_dir

You can call this from within your commandGenerator function. When the function exits, the next command line will be populated with the text printed by print -z.

Upvotes: 4

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