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help - display fish documentation

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help - display fish documentation

Synopsis

.. synopsis::

help [SECTION]

Description

help displays the fish help documentation.

If a SECTION is specified, the help for that command is shown.

The -h or --help option displays help about using this command.

If the :envvar:BROWSER environment variable is set, it will be used to display the documentation. Otherwise, fish will search for a suitable browser. To use a different browser than as described above, you can set $fish_help_browser This variable may be set as a list, where the first element is the browser command and the rest are browser options.

Example

help fg shows the documentation for the :doc:fg <fg> builtin.

Notes

Most builtin commands, including this one, display their help in the terminal when given the --help option.