# status - query fish runtime information

## Synopsis

    status
    status is-login
    status is-interactive
    status is-interactive-read
    status is-block
    status is-breakpoint
    status is-command-substitution
    status is-no-job-control
    status is-full-job-control
    status is-interactive-job-control
    status current-command
    status current-commandline
    status filename
    status basename
    status dirname
    status fish-path
    status function
    status line-number
    status stack-trace
    status job-control CONTROL_TYPE
    status features
    status test-feature FEATURE
    status build-info
    status get-file FILE
    status list-files [PATH ...]
    status terminal
    status test-terminal-feature FEATURE
    status language [list-available|set [LANGUAGE ...]|unset]

## Description

With no arguments, `status` displays a summary of the current login and job control status of the shell.

The following operations (subcommands) are available:

is-command-substitution, -c or --is-command-substitution

  Returns 0 if fish is currently executing a command substitution.

is-block, -b or --is-block

  Returns 0 if fish is currently executing a block of code.

is-breakpoint

  Returns 0 if fish is currently showing a prompt in the context of a breakpoint command. See also the fish_breakpoint_prompt function.

is-interactive, -i or --is-interactive

  Returns 0 if fish is interactive - that is, connected to a keyboard.

is-interactive-read or --is-interactive-read

  Returns 0 if fish is running an interactive read builtin which is connected to a keyboard.

is-login, -l or --is-login

  Returns 0 if fish is a login shell - that is, if fish should perform login tasks such as setting up `PATH`.

is-full-job-control or --is-full-job-control

  Returns 0 if full job control is enabled.

is-interactive-job-control or --is-interactive-job-control

  Returns 0 if interactive job control is enabled.

is-no-job-control or --is-no-job-control

  Returns 0 if no job control is enabled.

current-command

  Prints the name of the currently-running function or command, like the deprecated `_` variable.

current-commandline

  Prints the entirety of the currently-running commandline, inclusive of all jobs and operators.

filename, current-filename, -f or --current-filename

  Prints the filename of the currently-running script. If the current script was called via a symlink, this will return the symlink. If the current script was received by piping into source, then this will return `-`.

basename

  Prints just the filename of the running script, without any path components before.

dirname

  Prints just the path to the running script, without the actual filename itself. This can be relative to `PWD` (including just “.”), depending on how the script was called. This is the same as passing the filename to `dirname(3)`. It’s useful if you want to use other files in the current script’s directory or similar.

fish-path

  Prints the absolute path to the currently executing instance of fish. This is a best-effort attempt and the exact output is down to what the platform gives fish. In some cases you might only get “fish”.

function or current-function

  Prints the name of the currently called function if able, when missing displays “Not a function” (or equivalent translated string).

line-number, current-line-number, -n or --current-line-number

  Prints the line number of the currently running script.

stack-trace, print-stack-trace, -t or --print-stack-trace

  Prints a stack trace of all function calls on the call stack.

job-control, -j or --job-control CONTROL_TYPE

  Sets the job control type to CONTROL_TYPE, which can be none, full, or interactive.

features

  Lists all available feature flags.

test-feature FEATURE

  Returns 0 when FEATURE is enabled, 1 if it is disabled, and 2 if it is not recognized.

build-info

  This prints information on how fish was build - which architecture, which build system or profile was used, etc. This is mainly useful for debugging.

get-file FILE

  NOTE: this subcommand is mainly intended for fish’s internal use; let us know if you want to use it elsewhere.

  This prints a file embedded in the fish binary at compile time. This includes the default set of functions and completions, as well as the man pages and themes. Which files are included depends on build settings. Returns 0 if the file was included, 1 otherwise.

list-files FILE…

  NOTE: this subcommand is mainly intended for fish’s internal use; let us know if you want to use it elsewhere.

  This lists the files embedded in the fish binary at compile time. Only files where the path starts with the optional FILE argument are shown. Returns 0 if something was printed, 1 otherwise.

terminal

  Prints the name and version of the terminal fish is running inside (for example as reported via XTVERSION). This is not available during early startup but only starting from when the first interactive prompt is shown, possibly via builtin read, so before the first `fish_prompt` or `fish_read` event.

terminal-os

  Prints the name of the operating system (OS) the terminal is running on, as reported via XTGETTCAP query-os-name. Like status terminal, this only works once the first interactive prompt is shown. Returns 1 if the OS name is not available.

test-terminal-feature FEATURE

  Returns 0 when the terminal was detected to support the given feature. Like status terminal, this only works once the first interactive prompt is shown.

  Currently the only available FEATURE is scroll-content-up. An error will be printed when passed an unrecognized feature.

language

  Show or modify message localization settings. When invoked without arguments, the current language settings are shown.

  Available subcommands:

  list-available prints the language names for which fish has translations. These names can be used with the set subcommand.

  set sets the language precedence for fish’s messages. Overrides language settings configured via environment variables, but only applies to fish itself, not to any child processes. Takes a list of language names from the set shown by the list-available subcommand. For some languages, fish’s translation catalogs are incomplete, meaning not all messages can be shown in these languages. Therefore, we allow specifying a list here, with translations taken from the first specified language which has a translation available for a message. For example, after running `status language set pt_BR fr`, all messages which have a translation into Brazilian Portuguese will be shown in that language. The remaining messages will be shown in French, if a French translation is available. If none of the specified languages have a translation available for a message, the message will be shown in English.

  unset undoes the effects of the set subcommand. Language settings will be taken from environment variables again.

## Notes

For backwards compatibility most subcommands can also be specified as a long or short option. For example, rather than `status is-login` you can type `status --is-login`. The flag forms are deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

You can only specify one subcommand per invocation even if you use the flag form of the subcommand.