abbr(1)

NAME
abbr -- manage fish abbreviations

  Synopsis

abbr -a word='phrase'
abbr -s
abbr -l
abbr -e word

  Description
abbr manipulates the list of abbreviations that fish will expand.

Abbreviations are user-defined character sequences or words that are replaced with longer phrases after they are entered. For example, a frequently-run command such as git checkout can be abbreviated to gco. After entering gco and pressing [Space] or [Enter], the full text git checkout will appear in the command line.

Abbreviations are stored, by default, in a universal variable.

The following parameters are available:

•   -a WORD PHRASE or --add WORD PHRASE Adds a new abbreviation, where WORD will be expanded to PHRASE.

•   -s or --show Show all abbreviated words and their expanded phrases in a manner suitable for export and import.

•   -l or --list Lists all abbreviated words.

•   -e WORD or --erase WORD Erase the abbreviation WORD.

  Examples

abbr -a gco git checkout

 Add a new abbreviation where gco will be replaced with git checkout.

abbr -e gco

 Erase the gco abbreviation.

ssh another_host abbr -s | source

 Import the abbreviations defined on another_host over SSH.