How to do command substitution in fish shell?

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How would a command like this have to be expressed in fish?

ls -l $(which vim)

devnull · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-15 14:23:54Z

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In fish, $ is used only for variable expansion. Omit the $ from the command and you should be good. Say:

ls -l (which vim)

You might also want to refer to the documentation: Command Substitutions

answered Mar 15 '14 at 14:23

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and this one: $(npm bin)/cowsay hello ? – Yukulélé Jan 11 '20 at 22:12
@Yukulélé npm=(npm bin) $npm/cowsay hello – Sapphire_Brick Nov 17 '20 at 23:31

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