Detects your current shell.
elio shell installelio shell uninstallRestart your shell, or run the command printed by the installer.
Shell integration
Leave your shell in elio's final directory when you quit.
CD ON EXIT
Recommended setup
Shell behavior
qQuit and move your shell to elio's final directory.QQuit and keep the parent shell where it was.- Launch through the wrapper by typing
elionormally.
SHELLS
Per-shell commands
elio shell install bashelio shell uninstall bashelio shell install zshelio shell uninstall zshelio shell install fishelio shell uninstall fishelio shell install nuelio shell uninstall nuINSTALL SCOPE
Where integration is installed
bash
~/zsh
$ZDOTDIR/or~/fish
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/or~/Nushell
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/or~/Safety rules
- For bash and zsh, elio only adds, updates, or removes its marked integration block.
- Existing startup files are preserved, including symlinks used by dotfile managers.
- Symlinked fish
conf.dand Nushellautoloaddirectories are preserved. - Fish and Nushell files are not overwritten unless they were previously managed by elio.
elio shell uninstallremoves only integration installed byelio shell install.- If you pasted output from
elio shell init, remove that snippet manually.
MANUAL SETUP
Custom wrappers
Print the wrapper snippet if you prefer to edit shell files yourself.
elio shell init bashelio shell init zshelio shell init fishelio shell init nuUse the cwd handoff file
elio --cwd-file /path/to/cwd-file [DIRECTORY] writes the final directory on normal quit. A wrapper can read it and cd there. Quitting with Q skips writing the file.