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Fish
User-friendly shell with autosuggestions, colors, and sane scripting
Description
Fish (Friendly Interactive SHell) is a command line shell focused on user-friendliness. It features powerful autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, sane scripting syntax (compared to Bash), and works out of the box with sensible defaults.
AI Summary
User-friendly interactive shell with autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, and sane defaults
Capabilities
- + Provide inline autosuggestions based on history
- + Syntax highlight commands as you type
- + Offer sane, easy-to-learn scripting language
- + Support tab completions with descriptions
- + Work well out of the box without configuration
Use When
- → You want an interactive shell that works great out of the box
- → You prefer autosuggestions and syntax highlighting by default
Avoid When
- x You need POSIX shell compatibility