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  <section id="functions-print-or-erase-functions">
<h1>functions - print or erase functions<a class="headerlink" href="#functions-print-or-erase-functions" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<section id="synopsis">
<h2>Synopsis<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-fish-synopsis notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">-a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">--all</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">-n</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">--names</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span>
<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">-D</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">--details</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">-v</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">FUNCTION</span>
<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">OLDNAME</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">NEWNAME</span>
<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-d</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">DESCRIPTION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">FUNCTION</span>
<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">-e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-q</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">FUNCTION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">...</span>
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<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functions</span></code> prints or erases functions.</p>
<p>The following options are available:</p>
<dl>
<dt><strong>-a</strong> or <strong>--all</strong></dt><dd><p>Lists all functions, even those whose name starts with an underscore.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-c</strong> or <strong>--copy</strong> <em>OLDNAME</em> <em>NEWNAME</em></dt><dd><p>Creates a new function named <em>NEWNAME</em>, using the definition of the <em>OLDNAME</em> function.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-d</strong> or <strong>--description</strong> <em>DESCRIPTION</em></dt><dd><p>Changes the description of this function.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-e</strong> or <strong>--erase</strong></dt><dd><p>Causes the specified functions to be erased. This also means that it is prevented from autoloading in the current session. Use <a class="reference internal" href="funcsave.html"><span class="doc">funcsave</span></a> to remove the saved copy.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-D</strong> or <strong>--details</strong></dt><dd><p>Reports the path name where the specified function is defined or could be autoloaded, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stdin</span></code> if the function was defined interactively or on the command line or by reading standard input, <strong>-</strong> if the function was created via <a class="reference internal" href="source.html"><span class="doc">source</span></a>, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">n/a</span></code> if the function isn’t available. (Functions created via <a class="reference internal" href="alias.html"><span class="doc">alias</span></a> will return <strong>-</strong>, because <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">alias</span></code> uses <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">source</span></code> internally. Copied functions will return where the function was copied.) If the <strong>--verbose</strong> option is also specified then five lines are written:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>the path name as already described,</p></li>
<li><p>if the function was copied, the path name to where the function was originally defined, otherwise <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autoloaded</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">not-autoloaded</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">n/a</span></code>,</p></li>
<li><p>the line number within the file or zero if not applicable,</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">scope-shadowing</span></code> if the function shadows the vars in the calling function (the normal case if it wasn’t defined with <strong>--no-scope-shadowing</strong>), else <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">no-scope-shadowing</span></code>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">n/a</span></code> if the function isn’t defined,</p></li>
<li><p>the function description minimally escaped so it is a single line, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">n/a</span></code> if the function isn’t defined or has no description.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You should not assume that only five lines will be written since we may add additional information to the output in the future.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>--no-details</strong></dt><dd><p>Turns off function path reporting, so just the definition will be printed.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-n</strong> or <strong>--names</strong></dt><dd><p>Lists the names of all defined functions.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-q</strong> or <strong>--query</strong></dt><dd><p>Tests if the specified functions exist.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-v</strong> or <strong>--verbose</strong></dt><dd><p>Make some output more verbose.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-H</strong> or <strong>--handlers</strong></dt><dd><p>Show all event handlers.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-t</strong> or <strong>--handlers-type</strong> <em>TYPE</em></dt><dd><p>Show all event handlers matching the given <em>TYPE</em>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>-h</strong> or <strong>--help</strong></dt><dd><p>Displays help about using this command.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The default behavior of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functions</span></code>, when called with no arguments, is to print the names of all defined functions. Unless the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-a</span></code> option is given, no functions starting with underscores are included in the output.</p>
<p>If any non-option parameters are given, the definition of the specified functions are printed.</p>
<p>Copying a function using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-c</span></code> copies only the body of the function, and does not attach any event notifications from the original function.</p>
<p>Only one function’s description can be changed in a single invocation of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functions</span> <span class="pre">-d</span></code>.</p>
<p>The exit status of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functions</span></code> is the number of functions specified in the argument list that do not exist, which can be used in concert with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-q</span></code> option.</p>
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<section id="examples">
<h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-fish-docs-samples notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-n</span>
<span class="c"># Displays a list of currently-defined functions</span>

<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">foo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">bar</span>
<span class="c"># Copies the &#39;foo&#39; function to a new function called &#39;bar&#39;</span>

<span class="nf">functions</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">bar</span>
<span class="c"># Erases the function ``bar``</span>
</pre></div>
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<section id="see-more">
<h2>See more<a class="headerlink" href="#see-more" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>For more explanation of how functions fit into fish, see <a class="reference internal" href="../language.html#syntax-function"><span class="std std-ref">Functions</span></a>.</p>
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