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abbr

Manage abbreviations for the fish shell. User-defined words are replaced with longer phrases after they are entered. More information: https://fishshell.com/docs/current/cmds/abbr.html.

• Add a new abbreviation:

abbr --add {{abbreviation_name}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}

• Rename an existing abbreviation:

abbr --rename {{old_name}} {{new_name}}

• Erase an existing abbreviation:

abbr --erase {{abbreviation_name}}

• Import the abbreviations defined on another host over SSH:

ssh {{host_name}} abbr --show | source