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/** \page faq Frequently asked questions
- <a href='#faq-envvar'>How do I set or clear an environment variable?</a>
- <a href='#faq-login-cmd'>How do I run a command every login? What's fish's equivalent to <tt>.bashrc</tt>?</a>
- <a href='#faq-prompt'>How do I set my prompt?</a>
- <a href='#faq-cmd-history'>How do I run a command from history?</a>
- <a href='#faq-subcommand'>How do I run a subcommand? The backtick doesn't work!</a>
- <a href='#faq-exit-status'>How do I get the exit status of a command?</a>
- <a href='#faq-customize-colors'>How do I customize my syntax highlighting colors?</a>
- <a href='#faq-update-manpage-completions'>How do I update man page completions?</a>
- <a href='#faq-cwd-symlink'>Why does cd, pwd and other fish commands always resolve symlinked directories to their canonical path?</a>
- <a href='#faq-cd-implicit'>I accidentally entered a directory path and fish changed directory. What happened?</a>
- <a href='#faq-open'>The open command doesn't work.</a>
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<hr>
\section faq-envvar How do I set or clear an environment variable?
Use the <a href="commands.html#set"><code>set</code></a> command:
<pre>set -x key value
set -e key</pre>
<hr>
\section faq-login-cmd How do I run a command every login? What's fish's equivalent to <tt>.bashrc</tt>?
Edit the file <tt>~/.config/fish/config.fish</tt>, creating it if it does not
exist. (Note the leading period.)
<hr>
\section faq-prompt How do I set my prompt?
The prompt is the output of the \c fish_prompt function. Put it in
<tt>~/.config/fish/functions/fish_prompt.fish</tt>. For example, a simple
prompt is:
<pre>function fish_prompt
set_color $fish_color_cwd
echo -n (prompt_pwd)
set_color normal
echo -n ' > '
end</pre>
You can also use the Web configuration tool,
<a href="commands.html#fish_config"><code>fish_config</code></a>, to preview
and choose from a gallery of sample prompts.
<hr>
\section faq-cmd-history How do I run a command from history?
Type some part of the command, and then hit the up or down arrow keys to
navigate through history matches.
<hr>
\section faq-subcommand How do I run a subcommand? The backtick doesn't work!
\c fish uses parentheses for subcommands. For example:
<pre>for i in (ls)
echo $i
end</pre>
<hr>
\section faq-exit-status How do I get the exit status of a command?
Use the \c $status variable. This replaces the \c $? variable used in some
other shells.
<hr>
\section faq-customize-colors How do I customize my syntax highlighting colors?
Use the web configuration tool,
<a href="commands.html#fish_config"><code>fish_config</code></a>, or alter the
<a href="index.html#variables-color">\c fish_color family of environment variables</a>.
<hr>
\section faq-update-manpage-completions How do I update man page completions?
Use the
<a href="commands.html#fish_update_completions"><tt>fish_update_completions</tt></a>
command.
<hr>
\section faq-cwd-symlink Why does cd, $PWD and and various fish commands always resolve symlinked directories to their canonical path?
<i>