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fish

The friendly interactive shell.

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Fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems such as Linux.

Finally, a command line shell for the 90s. The new fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family. With autosuggestions, VGA color, man-page completions, web configuration, and threading.

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Features

Autocompletion Color coding Colored Text Command line Interpreter Sane defaults Terminal emulator Add a feature

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bash shell shell-interface tty unix

fish (sometimes referred to as fish-shell, fish shell) was added by 6432575487 in Oct 2010 and the latest update was made in Jun 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Dec 2019. It's possible to update the information on fish or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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fish Comments

Comment by Buster_Blue

about fish · May 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

The many helpful features make using the command line much easier.

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