Fish Shell - Tips & Tricks

Configuration

Show the web-based configuration interface

Use fish_config command to start the web-based configuration interface

fish_config

Web config started at file:///tmp/web_configd369_8st.html
If that doesn't work, try opening http://localhost:8003/2d4d16ce88565f217f8d6345721cd63a/
Hit ENTER to stop.

fish web-base configuration interface

Reload config

Use source command to reload the configuration file

# Reload default configuration file
source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

For more information, see Configuration | Fish Language

Plugin manager

fisher: A plugin manager for Fish

Plugins

fzf.fish: Augment your Fish command line with mnemonic key bindings to efficiently find what you need using fzf.
hydro: Ultra-pure, lag-free prompt with async Git status. Designed for Fish.
jethrokuan/z: a port of z for the fish shell (fast & fish-friendly, with tab-completions and lazy-loading)