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Includes harmonizing the display of options and arguments, standardising terminology, using the envvar directive more broadly, adding help options to all commands that support them, simplifying some language, and tidying up multiple formatting issues. string documentation is not changed.
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.. _cmd-exec:
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exec - execute command in current process
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Synopsis
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.. synopsis::
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exec COMMAND
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Description
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``exec`` replaces the currently running shell with a new command. On successful completion, ``exec`` never returns. ``exec`` cannot be used inside a pipeline.
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The **--help** or **-h** option displays help about using this command.
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Example
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``exec emacs`` starts up the emacs text editor, and exits ``fish``. When emacs exits, the session will terminate.
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