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Zle, short for Zsh Line Editor, is the interactive line editor used by the Z shell (zsh) to manage command-line input. It handles editing, cursor movement, insertion and deletion of text, and the execution of commands. Zle operates within a zsh session and is responsible for the real-time editing experience that users see in the command prompt. It does not run as a separate process.
Zle provides support for multiple editing styles, most notably Emacs and Vi keybindings. Users switch between
A key feature of Zle is its extensibility through widgets. Widgets are small, executable pieces of code
In practical use, users customize Zle in their shell startup files (for example, .zshrc) to set the
See also: Z shell, bindkey, zsh widgets, command history, command-line editing.