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Latest revision as of 12:20, 6 December 2021
The problem:
test "a b " = "a b"
exits with 1; this comes up with `fish_postexec`:
if test "$argv" = "$EDITOR ~/.profile" -> test vim ~/.profile = vim ~/.profile
which itself happens because tab completion adds a space at the end.
Solution:
test (echo "$argv" | string trim) = "$EDITOR ~/.profile"
See also
How to automatically source ~/.profile after editing it in fish shell