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How to save abbreviation in fish?
Running abbr --add ro rpm-ostree will set the abbreviation and it works as expected. But once I exit the shell with exit and then re-enter the shell by typing fish again, all abbreviations are lost. ...
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I deleted fish shell and now VS Code terminal doesn't work
I have been working on a tutorial in Angular. Everything was working fine before I went to work today. I came back to my home computer after work today and the fish shell I was using within VS code ...
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MobaXTerm “Follow Terminal Folder” STFP & Fish Shell
MobaXterm's "Follow Terminal Folder"/"Follow SSH Path" feature works great when remote SSH into a linux computer, it shows directory & files to the left as you work in the ...
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/bin/bash shell (macOS) throwing `-bash: declare: -A: invalid option` error message at shell start
I briefly changed my default shell on macOS Catalina (10.15.1) to Fish, following the steps in Fish's documentation.
First, I executed > echo /usr/local/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells followed ...
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Running command for bash in fish shell
I'm trying to identify all the large files in my git repo history and came across this command posted here.
git rev-list --objects --all \
| git cat-file --batch-check='%(objecttype) %(objectname) %(...
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how to open tcp connection in fish shell
I am looking for a way to open TCP connections in fish shell.
In bash, I can do the following to open a TCP connection. This is quick telnet type test when telnet is not installed.
$ echo > /dev/...
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Why is it not recommended to set the default shell of the root user to a non-POSIX shell?
I am going to change my root’s default shell from bash to fish. As far as I know, fish is a not a POSIX standard shell. On the other hand, maybe the kernel or other things in the system have a ...
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Issue with wrong command entered in fish-shell and it's output
Actually I am using fish these days and I completely switched from bash to fish (with chsh & terminal startup command) but the matter is when I enter a wrong command e.g. qwerty its output is: ...
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In fish shell, which command is equivalent to bash's compgen?
compgen is a useful command, and fish is an excellent command shell. But I cannot find an equivalent in fish.
I write one by myself:
function compgen --description 'Print a list of documented fish ...
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Ctrl-enter for fish shell
I had tried to create some accept completion and execute right away combination in fish on pressing Ctrl+Enter.
function fish_user_key_bindings
bind \c\n accept-autosuggestion execute
end
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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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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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What is the equivalent of bash's !$ and !! in the fish shell?
I've been using bash for a decade or so and have gotten used to being able to type !$ to repeat the last argument, e.g.:
$ mkdir foo
$ cd !$
cd foo
(That last line is printed by the shell to tell ...
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Quote or bracket completion in bash, without pressing TAB
Is there any way to have bash autocomplete matching symbols like '"[{( with their right handed counterparts?
I would like to do this without having to press tab.
For example typing the string echo " ...
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