fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/command.rst
Fabian Boehm f7b57065db docs/command: Simplify
This prefers `-s` to `-v` - we have a *lot* more uses of `command -s`, it's the easier
mnemonic *and* the more compatible-with-fish option.

Also we don't really need the separate section that explains what
these options do *again*.
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.. _cmd-command:
command - run a program
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Synopsis
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.. synopsis::
command [OPTIONS] [COMMANDNAME [ARG ...]]
Description
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**command** forces the shell to execute the program *COMMANDNAME* and ignore any functions or builtins with the same name.
In ``command foo``, ``command`` is a keyword.
The following options are available:
**-a** or **--all**
Prints all *COMMAND* found in :envvar:`PATH`, in the order found.
**-q** or **--query**
Return 0 if any of the given commands could be found, 127 otherwise.
Don't print anything.
For compatibility, this is also **--quiet** (deprecated).
**-s** or **--search** (or **-v**)
Prints the external command that would be executed, or prints nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in :envvar:`PATH`.
**-h** or **--help**
Displays help about using this command.
Examples
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| ``command ls`` executes the ``ls`` program, even if an ``ls`` function also exists.
| ``command -s ls`` prints the path to the ``ls`` program.
| ``command -q git; and command git log`` runs ``git log`` only if ``git`` exists.
| ``command -sq git`` and ``command -q git`` and ``command -vq git`` return true (0) if a git command could be found and don't print anything.