Install fish via homebrew
brew install fish
Set fish as default shell
echo /usr/local/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
sudo chsh -s $(which fish) $(whoami)
Default fish config folder location
~/.config/fish
Update man page completions
fish_update_completions
List available fish functions
functions
Show source for specific function (type provides syntax highlighting)
functions <function-name>
List Builtin function names
builtin --names
Set environment variable for command
env <variable>=<value> <command>
Add (-a) global (-g) abbreviation
abbr -ag gc 'git ci -m'
Add (-a) global (-g) abbreviation and set cursor position
abbr -ag gc --set-cursor=@ 'git ci -m "@"'
List full abbreviations or abbreviation names
abbr
abbr --list
Remove abbreviation
abbr -e <abbr>
Rename abbreviation
abbr -r <old-abbr> <new-abbr>
Show all command history items
history
Clear all command history items
history clear
Limit history results (show count most recent entries, eg. -5 five entries)
history -<count>
history -5
Include timestamp of command in history output
--show-time -t
Show history matching filter and string criteria (optionally limit to -n results)
history search <filter> <string>
history search <filter> <string> -n <count>
Delete history matching filter and string criteria
history delete <filter> <string>
History result filters
--exact -e
--prefix -p
--contains -c
Set filter string to be case sensitive
--case-sensitive -C
List history entries that contain the specified string
history search --contains <string>
Delete history entries that contain the specified string
history delete --contains <string>
Search command history from string using grep
history | grep -i <string>
Search and replace string content (-r for regex)
string replace -r <search> <replace> <input>