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\section eval eval - evaluate the specified commands
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\subsection eval-synopsis Synopsis
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\fish{synopsis}
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eval [COMMANDS...]
\endfish
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\subsection eval-description Description
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`eval` 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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support the use of shell variables as direct commands; \c eval can
Help cleanup
Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands.
More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break,
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be used to work around this.
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\fish
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set cmd ls
eval $cmd
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\endfish
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