Questions tagged [fish]
The fish shell is an alternate shell for *nix systems (including macOS). Its claims to fame include enhanced syntax highlighting, completion (with autosuggestions) and high performance. (wiki copied from SO)
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Change sudo prompt in macos
I am trying to change the default sudo prompt that is used in macos to match what I am used to in linux. I want to know that I am expected to put my sudo password and not some other password.
I tried ...
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iTerm2 - Split and connect to same host
When splitting with Cmd+D, is it possible to have iTerm2 SSH to the same host as the previous pane?
I'm looking for an option like is mentioned in the post iTerm2 - Split vertically with current ...
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iTerm2 clear screen except actual command
In iTerm2 cmd + K clears the complete screen. Is there a way to use this during a running command, so that everything gets delete except the current command and it's output?
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VS Code doesn't find fish if called via Automator
I've using /usr/local/bin/fish as my default shell, which works fine both in Terminal and in the Terminal within VS Code.
I was recently trying to add an Automator action to open VS Code from a given ...
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How to get history command in fish shell to work?
On one of my Macs, the history command in the fish shell doesn't seem to be working, it does nothing:
~> echo foo
~> echo bar
~> history
~>
On another, both running Big Sur, it works fine,...
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How can I script moving files up one directory level with Terminal (or BBEdit worksheet)
When exporting from Photos.app with settings that preserve the album & folder structure, every album folder contains dated folders for every date represented in that album, with the actual images ...
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Setting nano as default editor not working for crontab with fish shell
I want to set nano as default editor for crontab on my Mac.
This works:
VISUAL=nano crontab -e
but this don't work
set -U VISUAL nano
crontab -e
here still vim is used as default editor
ECHO $VISUAL ...
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Proliferation of unknown bash processes when invoking ps
I'm having some very strange behavior in my shell that I don't even begin to understand. I apologize for being somewhat lost, but I can't seem to turn up many obvious answers in a web search.
I'm ...
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How to change terminal folder font color
I use terminal with the fish shell. I played the themes and colors in fish_config as well as the ANSI colors in the terminal preferences. Nothing I do can change the folder font colors. How do I get ...
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Errors from whatis command. Unable to rebuild database with makewhatis?
How can I update the whatis database?
$ sudo /usr/libexec/makewhatis
Password:
makewhatis: /usr/share/man/whatis.tmp: Read-only file system
I believe being able to update this database will solve ...
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Set sshd to serve different shell based on `host`
I want my local sshd to serve different shell, based on the host.
Example:
ssh user@hostname1 -> get's bash
ssh user@hostname2 -> get's fish
Is it possible, and if so, how can it be done?
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What's the fish shell equivalent to `set -o vi` to get vi/vim key bindings to access command history and edit?
I'm one of the "cursed ones" that got their start in vi instead of emacs so the shell editing commands I am used to are set in bash with set -o vi but this doesn't work in the fish shell.
How can I ...
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