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Re:Stupid Unix Tricks by Fnoord on Friday October 18, 2019 @05:19AM (#21289830)
In config.fish I use type for this purpose, together with the exit code

  test (type brew 2>/dev/null); and brew # blahblah
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Re:Stupid Unix Tricks by lloeki on Saturday October 19, 2019 @05:01AM (#21297546)
type -p also works in bash/zsh
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Re:Stupid Unix Tricks by Fnoord on Saturday October 19, 2019 @05:44AM (#21297659)
Fish as well, but the redirection of both stdout and stderr is different:

  type -p brew >/dev/null ^&1; and brew
in Bash it would be:

  type -p brew &>/dev/null && brew
Using test avoids caring about stdout/stderr.
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