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`fish <https://fishshell.com/> `__ - the friendly interactive shell |Build Status| |Cirrus CI|
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=================================================================================
fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for macOS, Linux,
and the rest of the family. fish includes features like syntax
highlighting, autosuggest-as-you-type, and fancy tab completions that
just work, with no configuration required.
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For downloads, screenshots and more, go to https://fishshell.com/.
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Quick Start
-----------
fish generally works like other shells, like bash or zsh. A few
important differences can be found at
https://fishshell.com/docs/current/tutorial.html by searching for the
magic phrase “unlike other shells”.
Detailed user documentation is available by running `` help `` within
fish, and also at https://fishshell.com/docs/current/index.html
Getting fish
------------
macOS
~~~~~
fish can be installed:
- using `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/> `__ : `` brew install fish ``
- using `MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> `__ :
`` sudo port install fish ``
- using the `installer from fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/> `__
- as a `standalone app from fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/> `__
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Note: The minimum supported macOS version is 10.10 "Yosemite".
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Packages for Linux
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Packages for Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux/CentOS are available from the `openSUSE Build
Service <https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=shells%3Afish&package=fish>`__.
Packages for Ubuntu are available from the `fish
PPA <https://launchpad.net/~fish-shell/+archive/ubuntu/release-3>`__,
and can be installed using the following commands:
::
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-3
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install fish
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Instructions for other distributions may be found at
`fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com> `__ .
Windows
~~~~~~~
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- On Windows 10/11, fish can be installed under the WSL Windows Subsystem
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for Linux with the instructions for the appropriate distribution
listed above under “Packages for Linux”, or from source with the
instructions below.
- Fish can also be installed on all versions of Windows using
`Cygwin <https://cygwin.com/> `__ (from the **Shells** category).
Building from source
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If packages are not available for your platform, GPG-signed tarballs are
available from `fishshell.com <https://fishshell.com/> `__ and
`fish-shell on
GitHub <https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/releases>`__. See the
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`Building <#building> `__ section for instructions.
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Running fish
------------
Once installed, run `` fish `` from your current shell to try fish out!
Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Running fish requires:
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- curses or ncurses (preinstalled on most \*nix systems)
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- some common \*nix system utilities (currently `` mktemp `` ), in
addition to the basic POSIX utilities (`` cat `` , `` cut `` , `` dirname `` ,
`` ls `` , `` mkdir `` , `` mkfifo `` , `` rm `` , `` sort `` , `` tee `` , `` tr `` ,
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`` uname `` and `` sed `` at least, but the full coreutils plus `` find `` and
`` awk `` is preferred)
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- The gettext library, if compiled with
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translation support
The following optional features also have specific requirements:
- builtin commands that have the `` --help `` option or print usage
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messages require `` nroff `` or `` mandoc `` for
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display
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- automated completion generation from manual pages requires Python 3.5+
- the `` fish_config `` web configuration tool requires Python 3.5+ and a web browser
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- system clipboard integration (with the default Ctrl-V and Ctrl-X
bindings) require either the `` xsel `` , `` xclip `` ,
`` wl-copy `` /`` wl-paste `` or `` pbcopy `` /`` pbpaste `` utilities
- full completions for `` yarn `` and `` npm `` require the
`` all-the-package-names `` NPM module
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- `` colorls `` is used, if installed, to add color when running `` ls `` on platforms
that do not have color support (such as OpenBSD)
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Building
--------
.. _dependencies-1:
Dependencies
~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Compiling fish from a tarball requires:
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- a C++11 compiler (g++ 4.8 or later, or clang 3.3 or later)
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- CMake (version 3.5 or later)
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- a curses implementation such as ncurses (headers and libraries)
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- PCRE2 (headers and libraries) - optional, this will be downloaded if missing
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- gettext (headers and libraries) - optional, for translation support
Sphinx is also optionally required to build the documentation from a
cloned git repository.
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Additionally, running the test suite requires Python 3.5+ and the pexpect package.
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Dependencies, git master
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Building from git master currently requires, in addition to the dependencies for a tarball:
- Rust (version 1.67 or later)
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- CMake (version 3.19 or later)
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- libclang, even if you are compiling with GCC
- an Internet connection
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fish is in the process of being ported to Rust, replacing all C++ code, and as such these dependencies are a bit awkward and in flux.
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In general, we would currently not recommend running from git master if you just want to *use* fish.
Given the nature of the port, what is currently there is mostly a slower and buggier version of the last C++-based release.
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Building from source (all platforms) - Makefile generator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To install into `` /usr/local `` , run:
.. code :: bash
mkdir build; cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
The install directory can be changed using the
`` -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX `` parameter for `` cmake `` .
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Build options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In addition to the normal CMake build options (like `` CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX `` ), fish has some other options available to customize it.
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- BUILD_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to build the documentation. This is automatically set to OFF when Sphinx isn't installed.
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- INSTALL_DOCS=ON|OFF - whether to install the docs. This is automatically set to on when BUILD_DOCS is or prebuilt documentation is available (like when building in-tree from a tarball).
- FISH_USE_SYSTEM_PCRE2=ON|OFF - whether to use an installed pcre2. This is normally autodetected.
- MAC_CODESIGN_ID=String|OFF - the codesign ID to use on Mac, or "OFF" to disable codesigning.
- WITH_GETTEXT=ON|OFF - whether to build with gettext support for translations.
Note that fish does *not* support static linking and will attempt to error out if it detects it.
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Help, it didn’ t build!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If fish reports that it could not find curses, try installing a curses
development package and build again.
On Debian or Ubuntu you want:
::
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sudo apt install build-essential cmake ncurses-dev libncurses5-dev libpcre2-dev gettext
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On RedHat, CentOS, or Amazon EC2:
::
sudo yum install ncurses-devel
Contributing Changes to the Code
--------------------------------
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See the `Guide for Developers <CONTRIBUTING.rst> `__ .
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Contact Us
----------
Questions, comments, rants and raves can be posted to the official fish
mailing list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
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or join us on our `matrix
channel <https://matrix.to/#/#fish-shell:matrix.org>`__. Or use the ` fish tag
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on Unix & Linux Stackexchange <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fish>`__.
There is also a fish tag on Stackoverflow, but it is typically a poor fit.
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Found a bug? Have an awesome idea? Please `open an
issue <https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/new>`__.
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