$mapfile  –  Mapping of files of the current directory

$mapfile contains a mapping of the files inside the current directory and allows for easy interaction with the files and their content.

Reading a value yields the content of the file. Modifying a value writes to the file. Unsetting a value removes the files on disk.

Links

• Z Shell manual

Examples

Print file content using $mapfile and then remove it

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zmodload zsh/mapfile echo -e "hello world\nbye" > test-file echo "${mapfile[test-file]}" unset "mapfile[test-file]"

Output:

1 2	hello world bye