.TH "fish" 1 "Sun Jan 31 2016" "Version 2.2.0" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*- .ad l .nh .SH NAME \fBfish\fP -- the friendly interactive shell .PP .SS "Synopsis" .PP .nf \fBfish\fP [OPTIONS] [-c command] [FILE [ARGUMENTS\&.\&.\&.]] .fi .PP .SS "Description" \fCfish\fP is a command-line shell written mainly with interactive use in mind\&. The full manual is available \fCin HTML\fP by using the \fChelp\fP command from inside fish\&. .PP The following options are available: .PP .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-c\fP or \fC--command=COMMANDS\fP evaluate the specified commands instead of reading from the commandline .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-d\fP or \fC--debug-level=DEBUG_LEVEL\fP specify the verbosity level of fish\&. A higher number means higher verbosity\&. The default level is 1\&. .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-i\fP or \fC--interactive\fP specify that fish is to run in interactive mode .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-l\fP or \fC--login\fP specify that fish is to run as a login shell .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-n\fP or \fC--no-execute\fP do not execute any commands, only perform syntax checking .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-p\fP or \fC--profile=PROFILE_FILE\fP when fish exits, output timing information on all executed commands to the specified file .IP "\(bu" 2 \fC-v\fP or \fC--version\fP display version and exit .PP .PP The fish exit status is generally the exit status of the last foreground command\&. If fish is exiting because of a parse error, the exit status is 127\&.