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\section eval eval - evaluate the specified commands
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\subsection eval-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>eval [COMMANDS...]</tt>
\subsection eval-description Description
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<tt>eval</tt> evaluates the specified parameters as a command. If more than one parameter is specified, all parameters will be joined using a space character as a separator.
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\subsection eval-example Example
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The following code will call the ls command. Note that \c fish does not
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Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands.
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builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced,
function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd,
pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type,
ulimit, umask, and while.
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support the use of environment variables as direct commands; \c eval can
be used to work around this.
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<pre>
set cmd ls
eval $cmd
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