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.TH "EVAL" "1" "Oct 26, 2026" "4.9" "fish-shell"
.SH NAME
eval \- evaluate the specified commands
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fBeval\fP [\fICOMMANDS\fP \&...]
.fi
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
\fBeval\fP evaluates the specified parameters as a command.
If more than one parameter is specified, all parameters will be joined using a space character as a separator.
.sp
If the command does not need access to stdin, consider using source \%<> instead.
.sp
If no piping or other compound shell constructs are required, variable\-expansion\-as\-command, as in  \fBset cmd ls \-la; $cmd\fP, is also an option.
.SH EXAMPLE
.sp
The following code will call the ls command and truncate each filename to the first 12 characters.
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.EX
set cmd ls \e| cut \-c 1\-12
eval $cmd
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.SH Copyright
fish-shell developers
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