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\fBcommand\fP -- run a program 

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.SS "Synopsis"
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\fBcommand\fP [OPTIONS] COMMANDNAME [ARGS\&.\&.\&.]
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.SS "Description"
\fCcommand\fP forces the shell to execute the program \fCCOMMANDNAME\fP and ignore any functions or builtins with the same name\&.
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The following options are available:
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\fC-s\fP or \fC--search\fP returns the name of the disk file that would be executed, or nothing if no file with the specified name could be found in the \fC$PATH\fP\&.
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With the \fC-s\fP option, \fCcommand\fP treats every argument as a separate command to look up and sets the exit status to 0 if any of the specified commands were found, or 1 if no commands could be found\&.
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For basic compatibility with POSIX \fCcommand\fP, the \fC-v\fP flag is recognized as an alias for \fC-s\fP\&.
.SS "Examples"
\fCcommand ls\fP causes fish to execute the \fCls\fP program, even if an \fCls\fP function exists\&.
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\fCcommand -s ls\fP returns the path to the \fCls\fP program\&.