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  <section id="string-collect-join-strings-into-one">
<h1>string-collect - join strings into one<a class="headerlink" href="#string-collect-join-strings-into-one" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<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">string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">collect</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">--allow-empty</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">--no-trim-newlines</span><span class="g g-Other">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">[</span><span class="no">STRING</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="g g-Other">...]</span>
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<h2>Description<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect</span></code> collects its input into a single output argument, without splitting the output when used in a command substitution. This is useful when trying to collect multiline output from another command into a variable. Exit status: 0 if any output argument is non-empty, or 1 otherwise.</p>
<p>A command like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">echo</span> <span class="pre">(cmd</span> <span class="pre">|</span> <span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect)</span></code> is mostly equivalent to a quoted command substitution (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">echo</span> <span class="pre">&quot;$(cmd)&quot;</span></code>). The main difference is that the former evaluates to zero or one elements whereas the quoted command substitution always evaluates to one element due to string interpolation.</p>
<p>If invoked with multiple arguments instead of input, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect</span></code> preserves each argument separately, where the number of output arguments is equal to the number of arguments given to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect</span></code>.</p>
<p>Any trailing newlines on the input are trimmed, just as with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;$(cmd)&quot;</span></code> substitution. Use <strong>--no-trim-newlines</strong> to disable this behavior, which may be useful when running a command such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set</span> <span class="pre">contents</span> <span class="pre">(cat</span> <span class="pre">filename</span> <span class="pre">|</span> <span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect</span> <span class="pre">-N)</span></code>.</p>
<p>With <strong>--allow-empty</strong>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span> <span class="pre">collect</span></code> always prints one (empty) argument. This can be used to prevent an argument from disappearing.</p>
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<div class="highlight-fish-docs-samples notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;_ </span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;zero </span><span class="o">$(</span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">one</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">two</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">three</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="s2"> four&quot;</span>
<span class="go">zero one</span>
<span class="go">two</span>
<span class="go">three four</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;_ </span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\&quot;</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">one</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">two</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">three</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">collect</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="se">\&quot;</span>
<span class="go">&quot;one</span>
<span class="go">two</span>
<span class="go">three&quot;</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;_ </span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="se">\&quot;</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">one</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">two</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="no">three</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">collect</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">-N</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="se">\&quot;</span>
<span class="go">&quot;one</span>
<span class="go">two</span>
<span class="go">three</span>
<span class="go">&quot;</span>

<span class="gp">&gt;_ </span><span class="nf">echo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">foo</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nf">true</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">string</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">collect</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">--allow-empty</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="no">bar</span>
<span class="go">foobar</span>
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