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fish_is_root_user - check if the current user is root

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fish_is_root_user - check if the current user is root

Synopsis

.. synopsis::

fish_is_root_user

Description

fish_is_root_user will check if the current user is root. It can be useful for the prompt to display something different if the user is root, for example.

Example

A simple example:

::

function example --description 'Just an example'
    if fish_is_root_user
        do_something_different
    end
end