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Add abbreviations in fish config
I would like to use the abbreviations feature of the fish shell, especially for the known bash variable !! or aliases to common git commands. I know that abbreviations can be added like in the ...
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Why am I having / how can I fix this error: "shell_session_update: command not found"
Background
I am getting into Ruby 2.x, and Rails 4.x, on a MacBook using OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), using the fish shell, employing the integration listed on this page: RVM - Fish Shell (Integration)
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How to chain a group of commands in Fish like { … } Bash?
I'm aware of chain Fish commands via && or || but I'm willing to chain a set of commands
Code
env git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/rafaelrinaldi/theme-pure.git; or {
printf "Error: ...
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Is administrator account necessary in order to use shells such as zsh and fish?
I have a weird situation. I’m using Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and iTerm2.
Zsh is listed by default in /etc/shells as /bin/zsh, and this allows me to use Zsh without any issues on my standard ...
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Trouble installing fish shell on OS X non-admin user group
I am struggling to install the fish shell on OS X El Capitan.
My user structure is setup so I have an administrator account and a standard account. The standard account is the one that I use and ...
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Running the output of `ssh-agent` in fish; what does `setenv` do?
When I want to start (or restart) ssh-agent, it gives me a few commands that I should run by doing eval $(ssh-agent). Of course this fails for fish, since it gives syntax for bash or csh.
The ...
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What's the fatest way to calculate in command line?
Is there a faster way to calculate in command line the following:
echo "4 * 5" | bc
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How to run a command in background with no output unless there's an error
How to suppress a command's output but show it if the command exit codes an error?
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RVM is not a function message when using fish shell
I'm trying to use rvm from within the fish shell
rvm gemset use rails3
I'm getting the following error message from fish
RVM is not a function, selecting rubies with 'rvm use ...' will not work.
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How do I get fish shell prompt to show the hostname?
I'm attempting to make my Fish prompt look like the old Gentoo shell did.
user@hostname ~ %
where the user@hostname is green, and the $PWD and symbol were blue.
Right now it only shows: user@ ~ %, ...
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Escape-backspace behavior in fish shell like in other shells
I recently started using the fish shell for some things and generally like it. However I've run across one situation that would be great if there were a workaround. Say I typed a command like this:
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Fish Shell STDERR not outputted by default
I am using the fish shell, which until this moment had been a perfect replacement of the good old bash, but I came across the following problem.
fish does not forward STDERR to STDOUT. Of course if I ...
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Custom bash 'context' when running from FISH
First of all, I'm on OSX10. My default shell is BASH, which I have set up (through .profile and .bashrc) to automatically run the FISH shell when I open my terminal emulator. This allows me to set up ...
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Can't start new fish session after incorrectly closing fish_config
I'm trying out fish (the friendly interactive shell), and tried out the browser-based config with fish_config. I didn't close this correctly. I hit ctrl-C in my shell.
Now I see the error "The ...
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How to remove a path from $PATH variable in fish?
I am using fish as my shell in Debian and recently (after some upgrade) whenever I try to use command completion I have:
set: No such file or directory
set: Could not add component /usr/lib/x86_64-...
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