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diff --git a/doc_src/command.txt b/doc_src/command.txt index 19baccd4..e93f34b8 100644 --- a/doc_src/command.txt +++ b/doc_src/command.txt @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ \section command command - run a program \subsection command-synopsis Synopsis -<tt>command COMMANDNAME [OPTIONS...]</tt> +<tt>command [OPTIONS] COMMANDNAME [ARGS...]</tt> \subsection command-description Description \c command forces the shell to execute the program \c COMMANDNAME and ignore any functions or builtins with the same name. -\subsection command-example Example +The following options are available: +- \c -h or \c --help prints help and then exits. +- \c -p or \c --path 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 -p 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. + +\subsection command-example Examples <tt>command ls</tt> causes fish to execute the \c ls program, even if an 'ls' function exists. + +<tt>command -p ls</tt> returns the path to the \c ls program. |