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fish

The Friendly Interactive SHell, a command-line interpreter designed to be user friendly. More information: https://fishshell.com.
  • Start an interactive shell session:
    fish
  • Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs:
    fish --no-config
  • Execute specific commands:
    fish --command "{{echo 'fish is executed'}}"
  • Execute a specific script:
    fish {{path/to/script.fish}}
  • Check a specific script for syntax errors:
    fish --no-execute {{path/to/script.fish}}
  • Execute specific commands from stdin:
    {{echo "echo 'fish is executed'"}} | fish
  • Start an interactive shell session in private mode, where the shell does not access old history or save new history:
    fish --private
  • Define and export an environmental variable that persists across shell restarts (builtin):
    set --universal --export {{variable_name}} {{variable_value}}

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