BUILTIN(1)

💅 BUILTIN(1) — like, the fish-shell manual page, bestie ✨

okay so real quick — this is builtin, straight out of the fish-shell manual (that's the collection it lives in, iykyk). buckle up, it's a short one and it ate.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

builtin — run a builtin command. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

builtin [OPTIONS] BUILTINNAME
builtin --query BUILTINNAME ...
builtin --names

three whole moods, pick your fighter 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: builtin forces the shell to use a builtin command named BUILTIN, instead of a function or an external program. like, no cap, it overrides the impostors. main character energy only 👑

the following options are available — and yes, we're listing all of them, we don't skip:

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🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

• -n, --names — lists the names of all defined builtins. a whole roster reveal, iconic honestly 📋✨
• -q, --query BUILTIN — tests if any of the specified builtins exist. if any exist, it returns 0; 1 otherwise. a little vibe check for your builtins 🔍💖
• -h, --help — displays help about using this command. the classic "help me help you" moment 🙈

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⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

builtin jobs
# executes the jobs builtin, even if a function named jobs exists

see how that works?? jobs the builtin shows up to the party even when a function named jobs is trying to steal the spotlight. we love a confident entrance 💀🔥

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👑 Copyright 👑

fish-shell developers — credit where credit is due, periodt 🫡

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lowkey important reminder: --query returns 0 if any of the specified builtins exist, and 1 otherwise — not a drill, that's the actual exit status, fr fr 💀

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🌈 okay that's the whole page!! this was the BUILTIN(1) page from fish-shell, version 4.9, dated Sep 08, 2026 — go forth and run your builtins with confidence bestie, mwah 💖🎀🦋