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Zsh Options

We can use Z shell options to gain more control over the session. The following are a few of those.

setopt BANG_HIST                 # Treat the '!' character specially during expansion.
setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY        # Write to the history file immediately, not when the shell exits.
setopt SHARE_HISTORY             # Share history between all sessions.
setopt HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST    # Expire duplicate entries first when trimming history.
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS          # Don't record an entry that was just recorded again.
setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS         # Do not display a line previously found.
setopt HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS         # Don't write duplicate entries in the history file.