List Zsh Source Code (list)

list**[>**] [ location*|*.**|**-** [ num ]]

list location [num]

List source code.

Without arguments, print lines centered around the current line. If num is given that number of lines is shown.

If this is the first list command issued since the debugger command loop was entered, then the current line is the current frame. If a subsequent list command was issued with no intervening frame changing, then that is start the line after we last one previously shown.

A location is either:

  • a number, e.g. 5,
  • a filename, colon, and a number, e.g. /etc/profile:5,
  • a “.” for the current line number
  • a “-” for the lines before the current linenumber

If the location form is used with a subsequent parameter, the parameter is the starting line number is used. When there two numbers are given, the last number value is treated as a stopping line unless it is less than the start line, in which case it is taken to mean the number of lines to list instead.

Wherever a number is expected, it does not need to be a constant – just something that evaluates to a positive integer.

Examples:

list 5                  # List starting from line 5
list 4+1                # Same as above.
list /etc/profile:5     # List starting from line 5 of /etc/profile
list /etc/profile 5     # Same as above.
list /etc/profile 5 6   # list lines 5 and 6 of /etc/profile
list /etc/profile 5 2   # Same as above, since 2 < 5.
list profile:5 2        # List two lines starting from line 5 of profile
list .                  # List lines centered from where we currently are stopped
list -                  # List lines previous to those just shown

See also

set listize, or show listsize to see or set the number of source-code lines to list.