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| author |  Mark Griffiths <mark@thebespokepixel.com> | 2014-09-03 15:10:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Mark Griffiths <mark@thebespokepixel.com> | 2014-09-03 15:10:53 +0100 |
| commit | adbcecb456bc74f7a58dfae3daef0c7a45cd8d32 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c5b677207e29246fe03b169bed45f6f4b795c3e /doc_src/command.txt | |
| parent | 3df9e20ca762584d68df1f7c507592264acf83aa (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc_src/command.txt b/doc_src/command.txt index f0b79e8d..4f9087d6 100644 --- a/doc_src/command.txt +++ b/doc_src/command.txt @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ \section command command - run a program \subsection command-synopsis Synopsis -<tt>command [OPTIONS] COMMANDNAME [ARGS...]</tt> +\fish{synopsis} +command [OPTIONS] COMMANDNAME [ARGS...] +\endfish \subsection command-description 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: -- \c -h or \c --help prints help and then exits. -- \c -s or \c --search returns the name of the disk file that would be executed, or nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in the <tt>$PATH</tt>. -With the \c -s option, \c command treats every argument as a separate command to look up and sets the exit status to 0 if any of the specified commands were found, or 1 if no commands could be found. +- `-s` or `--search` returns the name of the disk file that would be executed, or nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in the `$PATH`. -For basic compatibility with POSIX <tt>command</tt>, the \c -v flag is recognized as an alias for <tt>-s</tt>. +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. + +For basic compatibility with POSIX `command`, the `-v` flag is recognized as an alias for `-s`. \subsection command-example Examples -<tt>command ls</tt> causes fish to execute the \c ls program, even if an 'ls' function exists. +`command ls` causes fish to execute the `ls` program, even if an `ls` function exists. -<tt>command -s ls</tt> returns the path to the \c ls program. +`command -s ls` returns the path to the `ls` program. |