install colorful terminal using zsh

terminal-colors.md

Colorize terminal with auto suggestions using zshell and p10k

Install Zsh shell

sudo apt install zsh (Linux)

Mac- Mac comes default with zsh. No need to install seperately

Set zsh as default:

chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh

or

chsh -s /bin/zsh

based on the zsh install folder. Run which zsh to determine the install folder.

Restart

Restart terminal. Check zsh is the default shell by executing, echo $SHELL

Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install theme p10k

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>~/.zshrc

Install plugin auto suggestion

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Install plugin syntax highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Enable plugins & theme

vim ~/.zshrc

plugins=(
        git
        docker
        golang
        adb
        brew
        zsh-autosuggestions
        zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

For a full list of plugins see https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Plugins

Configure theme

p10k configure

If you want to revert to old shell (bash)

For reverting to old bash shell,

chsh -s /bin/bash