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reload zshrc with signal
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reload zshrc with signal howto.md

How To

Add those lines into your zshrc and now every time you update you zshrc run: reload_zsh

and all you zsh sessions will be updated.

be aware

  • for the first time you must source your zshrc manully otherwise they will terminated
  • running reload_zsh with root will close sessions for users that didnt add those lines.
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reload zshrc with signal.sh
# Reload zshrc on all sessions
TRAPHUP() {
print "Caught HUP, reloading zsh"
. ~/.zshrc
}
alias reload_zsh="killall -HUP zsh"
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