# uses `whatis` if available to describe a command function __fish_whatis set -l cmd $argv[1] set -l fallback if set -q argv[2] set fallback $argv[2] end set -l description (whatis $cmd 2>/dev/null | string replace -r '.*? - ' '')[1] if not string match -qr -- "$description" "." printf '%s\n' $description return 0 else if not string match -q -- "$fallback" "" printf '%s\n' $fallback return 0 else return 1 end end