eval - evaluate the specified commands ====================================== Synopsis -------- eval [COMMANDS...] Description ----------- ``eval`` evaluates the specified parameters as a command. If more than one parameter is specified, all parameters will be joined using a space character as a separator. If your command does not need access to stdin, consider using ``source`` instead. Example ------- The following code will call the ls command. Note that ``fish`` does not support the use of shell variables as direct commands; ``eval`` can be used to work around this. :: set cmd ls eval $cmd