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Kris Warnerlol. Thanks <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a>!

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongFor sharing a common Fish shell configuration between multiple operating systems, the `switch` command is useful.Using `switch` I can execute different blocks of code depending on the OS reported by `uname`.Example:``` switch (uname) case FreeBSD abbr -a l ls -aFhl --color=always case NetBSD abbr -a l colorls -aFGl end ```See: <a href="https://fishshell.com/docs/current/cmds/switch.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fishshell.com/docs/current/cmds/switch.html</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NetBSD</a>

Luca Ruggeri<a href="https://snowfan.masto.host/@andre123" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@andre123</a> è consigliato prima scaricare poi controllare almeno. Almeno c'è l'https quindi nessuna sorpresa in the middle.Però faccio lo spottone a <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a>: da configurazione ha un bel po' di schemi configurati di fabbrica, giusto un fish_config e si va su browser web

Luca Ruggeri<a href="https://hostux.social/@lfa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lfa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a>

Yann Büchau :nixos:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Krishnamishra" class="u-url mention">@Krishnamishra</a> :fish_shell: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fishShell</a> for interactive shells, because its <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vim</a> keybindings, syntax highlighting, speed ( :rust: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Rust</a>!) and tab completions are on another level, but :bash: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bash</a> for scripting, because it's just the standard.

Benny Powers 🇮🇱🦁I put together a <a href="https://social.bennypowers.com/tags/fishshell" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a> version of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@distrotube" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@distrotube</a>'s classic <code>colorscript</code> bash script. This version includes a generate subcommand which slices up sprite sheets and saves them with your names, and an <code>--animate</code> flag which runs animations based on the sprites you save <a href="https://github.com/bennypowers/colorscript.fish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">github.com/bennypowers/colorscript.fish</a>

tshepang<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tsvenson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tsvenson</a> the usability you get from fish without any configuration is very polished, like a more easy directory navigation, a more gentle language, safe copy-paste behavior, amazing auto completion... nothing less should be a default shell on any system<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a>

Jochen WersdörferWhat started as "I'll just run coding agents on a remote machine" turned into a deep dive through SSH agent forwarding, tmux clipboard integration, and Fish shell event handlers.Spoiler: mosh segfaults when connecting M-series → Intel Mac 😅My working (if inelegant) solution: <a href="https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/running-coding-agents-remotely-ssh-tmux-and-the-quest-for-a-seamless-experience/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/running-coding-agents-remotely-ssh-tmux-and-the-quest-for-a-seamless-experience/</a><a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tmux</a> <a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/CodingAgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CodingAgents</a> <a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ssh</a> <a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/AITools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AITools</a> <a href="https://fedi.wersdoerfer.de/tags/ClaudeCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClaudeCode</a>

SP⟁CED GO⟁TSwitched my config from swaywm to hyprland. Also switched from foot terminal to kitty. Have a weird issue where fishshell won't show nerd font glyphs if started automatically from the kitty config. Works fine in foot. Works fine if I launch fish from bash in kitty. Only doesn't work when I start fish automatically from the kitty config. Got this far in narrowing it down and now I'm stumped. <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/KittyTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KittyTerminal</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arch</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Hyprland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyprland</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

Adam H. Sparks :rstats:I mean, I know I'm a nerd, but this AM I found myself checking currency conversions and thought, there must be a CLI tool for this. Since I use fish, there's this nice fish currency converter, <a href="https://github.com/Flameborn/fcc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Flameborn/fcc</a> <a href="https://rstats.me/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a>

tshepangjust learned one can quickly visit historical directory locations in fish shell with alt-left, then forward in history with alt-rightone can alternatively type "prevd" or "nextd"one more thing, "cdh" can be used to list all dirs that have been visited, with an option to visit any of them quickly<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a>

Christiano AndersonLSD - a good ls replacement <a href="https://christiano.dev/til/lsd-ls-replacement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://christiano.dev/til/lsd-ls-replacement/</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedora</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shell</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongFor ages I used `bash` simply because its the default shell on most Linux distributions. Now that I'm exploring FreeBSD I thought to myself, why not also consider alternative shells?I briefly used the FreeBSD default `sh`, then spent a few weeks with `oksh` (portable version of OpenBSD `ksh`). Inspired by <a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk" class="u-url mention">@b0rk</a> 's "Reasons I still love the fish shell" I decided to give the aforementioned shell I try... 🐟 <a href="https://www.dwarmstrong.org/fish-shell/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.dwarmstrong.org/fish-shell/</a>I ❤️ it and its my new interactive shell.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Shell</a>

Leftover womanThree (‼️) years ago <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@Profpatsch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Profpatsch</a> published a cute snippet on Twitter. It took me this long to read it and add it to my system, which is pretty dumb because all this time I've reach for `nix-env`🤦🏻‍♀️ <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/nix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nix</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a> <a href="https://codeberg.org/tssm/.config/commit/a4255df0f2231dba07668adefd4e47a8581a3c40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/tssm/.config/commit/a4255df0f2231dba07668adefd4e47a8581a3c40</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongI'm exploring the fish shell today. Right off the bat with no tweaking its pretty nice!And if you run `fish_config` in a terminal it opens a configuration panel in the browser. I just used it to create a prompt in the Nord colour palette, and working from the auto-generated output I can further customize it manually to get it looking the way I like.<a href="https://fishshell.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://fishshell.com/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Shell</a>

Sam DoranAbbreviations in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fishshell</a> are pretty neat. I'm a huge fan of programs that type for me, like TextExpander, Typinator, and Keyboard Maestro. Having the same functionality built into the shell is very nice.<a href="https://fishshell.com/docs/4.0/cmds/abbr.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fishshell.com/docs/4.0/cmds/abbr.html</a>

Breadly :breadcat: I’m having a weird lil problem with Fish shell. I’ve just finished to write a little script to use with my Waybar config. The script is located at <code>~/.config/fish/functions/the-script.fish</code> and have inside it multiples functions.When I’m calling the script directly from my Fish shell, the script works perfectly. But if I call the script with <code>fish -c the-script.fish</code>(which is what I’m basically doing with Waybar), the script throw stupid errors like “Uhh command what (when calling a function)? None of theses words are in the bible.”And I don’t get why Fish behaves so differently depending on how I call the script :neocat_woozy:RT appreciated :neocat: (The script I’m talking about as reply bellow)<a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.breadcat.run/tag/fish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fish</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://soc.breadcat.run/tag/fishshell" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a>

NevkontakteI got up to some fishy business yesterday, and wrote a blog post about it 🐟 More seriously, I wanted to figure out how transient prompt works in projects like Powerlevel10k, and once I did I decided to write it down. <a href="https://nevkontakte.com/2025/transient-fish.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://nevkontakte.com/2025/transient-fish.html</a> It's a bit sad that I rarely have enough energy for random exploration outside of a vacation… But at least it's good to know that my brain is not a boring tin can yet. <a href="https://m.nevkontakte.com/t/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://m.nevkontakte.com/t/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shell</a> <a href="https://m.nevkontakte.com/t/fishshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a>

Chris Renfrow :ferris_gesture:<a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@b0rk</a> More confident thanks to a lot of the convenience <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a> offers in this area (`fish_add_path` 🤯). Less confident when it comes to how environment variables are/should-be shared between the system environment and the shell. e.g. What environment variables are available to programs launched from the context of my window manager vs my terminal emulator?

bram dingelstad :nb_flag:not to brag, but i made such a cool <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shell</a> script just now<a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/FishShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishShell</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sysadmin</a>

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