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javaVersions is a oh-my-zsh plugin that adds aliases to your zsh.

You can change between different java versions with a single command.

Installation

  1. Create a new directory in your oh-my-zsh/custom/plugin directory
mkdir ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/javaVersions
  1. Copy javaVersions.plugin.zsh file
cp ./javaVersions.plugin.zsh ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/javaVersions
  1. Enable the plugin by adding it to your plugins definition in ~/.zshrc.
plugins=(... javaVersions)
  1. Reset your terminal

Usage

By default java8 is active. If you want to change the java version execute the command java{versionNumber}

commandjava version
java8java 8
java9java 9
java10java 10
java11java 11
java12java 12

More information about oh-my-zsh and oh-my-zsh plugins

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Customization#overriding-and-adding-plugins

Notes

You can run the same aliases without oz-my-zsh. You've to add the aliases to your shell configuration file (.bashrc, .zshrc, etc)