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autosuggestion not working for oh-my-zsh #416

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b33f00d opened this issue Apr 9, 2019 · 51 comments
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b33f00d opened this issue Apr 9, 2019 · 51 comments
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@b33f00d
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b33f00d commented Apr 9, 2019

So I thought my autosuggestion was working, I had ran this command source .oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh and it was working fine, but right after I closed the terminal and opened up again the auto suggestion quit working. Any help?

@ericfreese
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You need to configure OMZ to load zsh-autosuggestions on every start-up. Add zsh-autosuggestions to the list of OMZ plugins as described in step 2 of the OMZ installation instructions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md#oh-my-zsh

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b33f00d commented Apr 9, 2019

Yea so I have that already in my .zshrc but still nothing and I restarted the terminal already.

@ericfreese
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Ok I'm not sure why that wouldn't be working then. Maybe there is a typo or something? You could always add the manual source line to your .zshrc.

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b33f00d commented Apr 9, 2019

That seemed to work. Thanks

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@AshGrowem
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AshGrowem commented Apr 25, 2019

⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

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⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

@ericfreese
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Could this perhaps be added to the README somewhere, under troubleshooting?

Good idea! Please feel free to write something up and send a PR.

ericfreese added a commit that referenced this issue Jun 22, 2019
@huwllewellyn
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I was missing the repo. To fix I ran:
$ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

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ghost commented Feb 4, 2020

running git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions solved this for me.

@keidarcy
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for me, messed up zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-completions.
I know it's stupid, but it cost me 5 minutes -_-
hope you don't ;)

@bayronq
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bayronq commented Mar 1, 2020

thanks.

@hongshaoyang
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⚠️ Make sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

To add on, under iTerm > Preferences > Profile > Colors, do not choose Solarized Dark as a Color Preset as "Background" and "ANSI Bright Black" are the same colour!

@dipam7
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dipam7 commented Apr 18, 2020

I am trying to install zsh-autosuggestions. I followed the manual steps as well as homebrew steps. However, in both cases when I try to do source ~/.zshrc I get the following error:

-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_COMPLETIONS_PTY_NAME} : bad substitution
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: `		user:_zsh_autosuggest_(bound|orig)_*)'

Can someone tell me what's wrong?

@veksha
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veksha commented Oct 30, 2020

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

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@dipam7 it looks like you’re using bash. This is a plug-in for zsh so it won’t work in bash. Install and use zsh to use this plugin. It looks like there’s a good write up on installing zsh here https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH

@igortuag
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for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me

@rhabibul
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rhabibul commented Dec 5, 2020

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thanks, it worked for me as well

@ngtankhoa
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@veksha thank you so much! this works for me as well. I think this should be considered the accepted answer.

@eeerpjw
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eeerpjw commented Feb 5, 2021

for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line:
plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

thanks you so much, it worked for me.

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rodrigoalmeidagit commented Feb 18, 2021

I am currently using the theme below, which is the same as the initial OMZ standard, with only a few color changes.

# @host ➜ currentdir rvm:(rubyversion@gemset) git:(branchname)

# Get the current ruby version in use with RVM:
if [ -e ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt ]; then
    RUBY_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}rvm:(%{$fg[green]%}\$(~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt s i v g)%{$fg_bold[blue]%})%{$reset_color%} "
else
  if which rbenv &> /dev/null; then
    RUBY_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}rbenv:(%{$fg[green]%}\$(rbenv version | sed -e 's/ (set.*$//')%{$fg_bold[blue]%})%{$reset_color%} "
  fi
fi

# Get the host name (first 4 chars)
HOST_PROMPT_="%{$fg_bold[green]%}@rodrigo-linux ➜ %{$fg_bold[cyan]%}%c "
GIT_PROMPT="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}\$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}"
PROMPT="$HOST_PROMPT_$RUBY_PROMPT_$GIT_PROMPT"

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="git:( %{$fg[red]%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%}"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$fg[blue]% %{$fg[yellow]%} ✗ %{$fg[blue]%)"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="%{$fg[blue]% %{$fg[yellow]%} ✔ %{$fg[blue]%)"

It turns out that if I change the theme in the ~ / .zshrc file, to the Dracula theme, the auto suggestion stops working.

Can someone help me?
Thanks

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I am trying to install zsh-autosuggestions. I followed the manual steps as well as homebrew steps. However, in both cases when I try to do source ~/.zshrc I get the following error:

-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ORIGINAL_WIDGET_PREFIX} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_STRATEGY} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_EXECUTE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_IGNORE_WIDGETS} : bad substitution
-bash:  ! ${+ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_COMPLETIONS_PTY_NAME} : bad substitution
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /Users/dipamvasani/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh: line 95: `		user:_zsh_autosuggest_(bound|orig)_*)'

Can someone tell me what's wrong?

Perhaps a little late. You are running zsh command in bash, you may set your default shell to zsh by sudo chsh -s $(which zsh) $USER.

@jonathanmdr
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Running this command solved it for me:
$ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

@jaydreyer
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Ha. In case any of the other suggestions don't work for you, make sure you don't somehow end up with two plugin sections in your .zshrc file like I did. I have no idea how that happened, but it'll take the second one, and that wasn't the one I was populating. Anyway...

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locdhthtb commented Oct 26, 2021

i using bash in git version 2.33.1.windows.1

anyone get error like this in terminal windows 10 , but "Git bash" is working

config .zshrc

  • source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
  • plugins=(zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)
  • source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

typing space or any key press , get this : [?1h←

WindowsTerminal_2021-10--26__222549

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acgq commented Nov 8, 2021

i using bash in git version 2.33.1.windows.1

anyone get error like this in terminal windows 10 , but "Git bash" is working

config .zshrc

* source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

* plugins=(zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

* source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

typing space or any key press , get this : [?1h←

WindowsTerminal_2021-10--26__222549

I enconter this problem in windows too, disabling async mode (add unset ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_USE_ASYNC in .zshrc) seem to be a workaround

@patricksousamacedo
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patricksousamacedo commented Nov 20, 2021

What worked for me was removing the spaces between the equal sign and the (git zsh-autosuggestions)

It was like this:
plugins = (git zsh-autosuggestions)

I removed the spaces:
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)

And I put the source line below the plugins line:

plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

@itzzmesid
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I was missing the repo. To fix I ran: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Worked

@faustaleonardo
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for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

A lifesaver. Thank you 👍

@blackboldxdevmedia
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⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Awesome. Thanks!

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JackWP1 commented May 11, 2022

None of the above suggestions worked for me. So I had to source directly to the file to get mine working. Maybe this might help someone else. Or maybe I'm missing a trick and there's a better way of doing this..?

in my .zshrc file:

plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)
source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

@davidc360
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source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

This worked for me

@jd-apprentice
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I was missing the repo. To fix I ran: $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

This solved the issue for me thanks!

@prawee
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prawee commented Sep 23, 2022

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

source .zshrc

i solved.

@sani-sidqam
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plugins=(zsh-autosuggestions)
source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

this worked for me, thanks

@jonathanmdr
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I run $ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions and It's worked for me.

@entwwwicklung
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entwwwicklung commented Nov 11, 2022

hmm for me the issue was that instead of having plugins listed like this in ~/.zshrc file
plugins=
(
git
zsh-autosuggestions
zsh-syntax-highlighting
)
had to change it to one line
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

probably some spacing issue happened

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ArnaudRm commented Dec 1, 2022

For people that encounters this issue trying to achieve that on Linux + terminator :

You just have to go to Preferences > Profile > Colors . In sub-menu Palette . Then, you must select Custom instead of Solarize Dark as a built-in themes. Finally, change the bottom left color to a lighter one.

@chiboycalix
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git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

This fixed it for me as well..Thank you so much

@tsids
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tsids commented Apr 28, 2023

For people that encounters this issue trying to achieve that on Linux + terminator :

You just have to go to Preferences > Profile > Colors . In sub-menu Palette . Then, you must select Custom instead of Solarize Dark as a built-in themes. Finally, change the bottom left color to a lighter one.

Thank you, this worked for me.
I can't believe the autosuggestions were working, but I couldn't see them because of the background color of the terminal 😂

@clauBv23
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⚠️ Be sure iTerm's "Background" and "ANSI Normal Black" are set to two distinctly different colors!

iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > ANSI Colors > Bright > Black
iTerm > Preferences > Profiles > Colors > Basic Colors > Background

@yuungH4x0r I had the same problem. Turns out I had the autosuggestion color (ANSI Bright Black) set exactly the same as my iTerm background so they blended together perfectly and I just couldn't see it 😅

Oh, damn! 😮‍💨

@DebOM
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DebOM commented Jun 23, 2023

add source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh to your ~/.zshrc. It started to work for me once added, even though I had the plugin set correctly

@dominikabieder
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I'm getting 'zsh-autosuggestions' not found and 'zsh-syntax-highlighting' not found even though they are working.

I can only download the zip, I put it in .zsh folder, then added the plugins and at the end source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh - without it it wouldn't show the branch name.

What can I improve? I can't git clone, the antigen also didn't work despite installing it with brew.

plugins=(
  git 
  zsh-autosuggestions
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions-master/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting-master/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

@gnsalok
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gnsalok commented Aug 22, 2023

Please validate below points to fix zsh-autosuggestions

  1. Make sure you do not define plugins=() twice in ~/.zshrc file. Sometimes while installing Oh My Zsh and Powerlevel10k, plugins=(git) automatically gets added, and you end up getting added it twice.
  2. In ~/.zshrc file, plugins=(git) line should come before source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh.

If you mess up with step 2, you will end up debugging for hours.

@manjushsh
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for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

Thank you. It worked!

@DavydovDenys
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All you need is to have only one line plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)
In my case, I had 2 lines
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)
plugins=(git ssh)
I just added git ssh to plugins=(git ssh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting) and remove the last line
plugins=(git ssh) and this worked for me.

@hoangneeee
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for me the problem was simply wrong order of commands in .zshrc

this line: plugins=(git z colored-man-pages zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions)

was AFTER this line: source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

I just swapped them and after that all plugins were loaded correctly. (no need for manual sourcing of plugins)

thank you, it helps me

@sunwhw
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sunwhw commented Mar 30, 2024

  1. vim ~/.zshrc
  2. only add "source ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions", no "plugins"!
  3. source ~.zshrc
    it works for me!

@FahimFBA
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I followed the issue on macOS Sonoma like below:

  1. Ran this: git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions to clone and save them in the zsh's plugin's directory.
  2. Opened the config using open ~/.zshrc
  3. Changed plugins=(git) to plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions)
  4. Reloaded the config using source ~/.zshrc

It worked flawlessly!

@FaizanNoor
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cd $HOME

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

source ~/.zshrc

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