Suppress or Customize Intro Message in Fish Shell

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Is it possible to remove the intro message in fish shell:

Welcome to fish, the friendly interactive shell

Type help for instructions on how to use fish

Kevin Sylvestre · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-07T17:47:16.677

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Found that the greeting message is set in fishd.Machine.local. To override the following to ~/.config/fish/config.fish:

set fish_greeting

edited Sep 07 '18 at 17:47

answered Dec 21 '12 at 19:20

Kevin Sylvestre

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Alternatively, set it permanently for this machine with `set -U fish_greeting ""`. – Zanchey Apr 02 '14 at 03:31
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`set fish_greeting` is from the docs how you can remove it http://fishshell.com/docs/current/faq.html#faq-greeting – Azd325 Feb 06 '15 at 23:30
A little nuance, but to have no greeting at all, just invoke the suggested `set` command. – gitness Aug 21 '19 at 00:14
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Better yet `set -U fish_greeting ""` – Gerry Mar 23 '21 at 12:24
This command (`set fish_greeting`) seemed to have no effect on fish 3.3.1, but `set -U fish_greeting ""` worked. – pt1 Dec 05 '22 at 12:52

score 198 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 29 '18 at 05:44

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Kevin's answer works fine for static text. If you need an interactive welcome message, such as mine involving the fortune command, you can do

function fish_greeting

Create your fish_greeting function. I just have

function fish_greeting
    fortune
end

and save it with

funcsave fish_greeting

edited Nov 29 '18 at 05:44

wjandrea

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 08:47

workflow

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Good tip. I'm using `fortune -a` so I can get the offensive stuff too. – Jack Frost Nov 16 '13 at 00:58
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Don't forget to install `fortune` – mirhossein Apr 25 '19 at 06:09

score 52 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 24 '19 at 18:16

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Warning: No longer works since fish 2.4.0—see Kevin's answer for the correct contemporary solution.

If there is no environment variable named "fish_greeting", then nothing will be printed. By default, there is a fish_greeting variable. You can erase this:

set --erase fish_greeting

edited Jan 24 '19 at 18:16

Jorge Bucaran

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answered Jul 07 '14 at 16:00

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yes, once the variable is deleted it won't be re-created. – awelkie Apr 13 '17 at 20:27
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I think this worked once, but it doesn't anymore; now it seems you need to [set the variable to an empty string](http://fishshell.com/docs/current/faq.html#faq-greeting). – mjs Jun 13 '17 at 07:34

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 05 '15 at 03:24

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> set --universal fish_greeting

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score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '19 at 06:34

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Create your fish_greeting function. I just have

function fish_greeting                                             13:23:39
    echo 'Hello'
end

and save it with

funcsave fish_greeting

answered Oct 17 '19 at 06:34

khairul abdi

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score 8 · Answer 6 · answered May 11 '15 at 19:32

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Read the official document please.

http://fishshell.com/docs/current/faq.html#faq-greeting

short answer: set -e fish_greeting

answered May 11 '15 at 19:32

Weihang Jian

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Note, the FAQs now say to use `set -U fish_greeting` or `set -g fish_greeting` – canton7 Mar 27 '22 at 17:17

score 8 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Add set fish_greeting to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish file.

This is answered in the Fish FAQ:

How do I run a command every login? What's fish's equivalent to .bashrc?

Edit the file ~/.config/fish/config.fish, creating it if it does not exist (Note the leading period).

How do I change the greeting message?

Change the value of the variable fish_greeting or create a fish_greeting function. For example, to remove the greeting use:
set fish_greeting

score 6 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 11 '20 at 10:05

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This is a kind of silly answer. You can create a fish_greeting.fish empty file in ~/.config/fish/functions folder and this will remove the greeting message.

That can be done by

$ touch ~/.config/fish/functions/fish_greeting.fish

Or

$ function fish_greeting.fish
end

$ funcsave fish_greeting.fish

answered Sep 11 '20 at 10:05

Mahabubur Rahman

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Shouldn't this be `$ function fish_greeting` so we don't end up with a file called `fish_greeting.fish.fish`? – Chris Austin Sep 03 '21 at 22:17

MUADH · Answer 9 · 2022-06-14T12:34:06.717

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Change the value of the variable fish_greeting or create a fish_greeting function. For example, to remove the greeting use:

set -U fish_greeting

Or if you prefer not to use a universal variable, use:

set -g fish_greeting

Make sure to add space after fish_greeting if you need to disable the greeting

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answered Jun 14 '22 at 12:31

MUADH

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 17 '22 at 20:16

You could also display random pokemon as fish greeting after installing this script here. Open your terminal and type in:

function fish_greeting
    $HOME/.pokemon-icat/pokemon-icat.sh
end

And save the function for future fish greetings

funcsave fish_greeting

I just love it to open a terminal and the first thing that pops up is a pokemon. Even more satisfying if its a legend one :)

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