command - run a program¶
Synopsis¶
command [OPTIONS] COMMANDNAME [ARGS...]
Description¶
command forces the shell to execute the program COMMANDNAME and ignore any functions or builtins with the same name.
The following options are available:
- -aor- --allreturns all the external COMMANDNAMEs that are found in- $PATHin the order they are found.
- -qor- --query, silences the output and prints nothing, setting only the exit status. Implies- --search. For compatibility with old fish versions this is also- --quiet(but this is deprecated).
- -sor- --searchreturns the name of the external command that would be executed, or nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in the- $PATH.
With the -s option, command treats every argument as a separate command to look up and sets the exit status to 0 if any of the specified commands were found, or 1 if no commands could be found. Additionally passing a -q or --quiet option prevents any paths from being printed, like type -q, for testing only the exit status.
For basic compatibility with POSIX command, the -v flag is recognized as an alias for -s.
Examples¶
command ls causes fish to execute the ls program, even if an ls function exists.
command -s ls returns the path to the ls program.
command -q git; and command git log runs git log only if git exists.
