HELP(1)

NAME
help - display fish documentation

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 BROWSER <#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 fg <> builtin.

NOTES

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

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