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fish: Execute specific commands.
$ fish --command "${echo 'fish is executed'}"
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The fish --command
command is used to execute the given command string as if it were entered directly into the fish shell.
In this specific case, the command is fish --command "${echo 'fish is executed'}"
. Here is a breakdown of what it does:
fish
: It invokes the fish shell.--command
: It specifies that a command string should be executed."${echo 'fish is executed'}"
: This is the command string being executed.
Within the command string:
${...}
is a way to execute a command inside a string. Here, the command${echo 'fish is executed'}
is executed.echo 'fish is executed'
is a simple command to output the stringfish is executed
.
So when you run fish --command "${echo 'fish is executed'}"
, it will launch the fish shell and execute the command echo 'fish is executed'
, resulting in the output fish is executed
being displayed in the shell.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.