.. _cmd-fish_is_root_user:

fish_is_root_user - check if the current user is root
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Synopsis
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**fish_is_root_user**

Description
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``fish_is_root_user`` will check if the current user is root. It can be useful
for the prompt to display something different if the user is root, for example.


Example
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A simple example:

::

    function example --description 'Just an example'
        if fish_is_root_user
            do_something_different
        end
    end