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---
title: C1 — Command Shadows
---
Disabling `__fish_config_op_aliases` restores standard system behavior for
all of these commands.
Command / Alias Active behavior Disabled fallback
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ls eza -l -a --icons --hyperlink system ls
cat bat syntax-highlighted; dirs → ls /usr/bin/cat
cd zoxide frecency-based navigation fish builtin cd
rm moves files to trash (recoverable) command rm (permanent)
less $PAGER → ov → less → more → cat system less
du duf (disk overview) or dust (dir tree) system du
top btop resource monitor system top
ping prettyping --nolegend animation system ping
ssh kitten ssh in Kitty terminal system ssh
rg rg --hyperlink-format=kitty system rg
mkdir verbose path-tree display on creation mkdir -p silently
bash XDG bashrc + $SHELL reset on exit system bash
cp / mv forced -i confirmation prompt cp / mv unmodified
wget forced --continue (resume downloads) system wget
grep/fgrep/egrep forced --color=auto system grep variants
dir / vdir forced --color=auto system dir / vdir
help config intercepts "help config" → config-help fish builtin help
claude auto-links AGENTS.md as CLAUDE.md before launch command claude
edit multi-editor launcher (GUI/term + fallbacks) $EDITOR/nvim/nano/vi
When C1 is disabled, `rm` uses bare `command rm` with no wrapper — files
are permanently deleted, not trashed. There is no intermediate safety net.
`history` itself is never shadowed — every function in this config that
reads history depends on its stock builtin semantics. `pretty-history`
(same `aliases-tricks` toggle) is a separate command that prints history
with a timestamp prepended to every entry.
## Sub-categories
`__fish_config_op_aliases` sub-divides into six sub-categories, each with
its own `__fish_config_op_aliases_<slug>` toggle:
## filesystem
`ls`, `cat`, `cd`, `du`, `mkdir`, `rm`, `mv`, and `cd`/zoxide navigation --
the everyday filesystem-inspection and -modification shadows.
## search
`rg`, with its Kitty hyperlink formatting.
## network
`ping`, `ssh`, and `yt-dlp` -- shadows that talk to the network.
## monitor
`top` -> `btop`.
## shell-tools
`bash` (XDG bashrc + `$SHELL` reset), `less` (`$PAGER` fallback chain),
and the `help config` interception.
## dev-tools
`claude` (AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md auto-linking) and `edit` (multi-editor
launcher), plus `agy`.
## For function authors
Calling one of these names bare from inside your own function means the
override runs whenever C1 (or its sub-category) is on — which may not be
what your function wants: a shadow can change stdout (`cat`'s syntax
highlighting, `mkdir`'s tree display), prompt interactively where none is
expected (`cp`/`mv`'s forced `-i`), or reshape output structurally (`ls`'s
icons/columns, `rg`'s hyperlink markers). If your function's logic depends
on stock behavior, bypass the shadow deterministically, regardless of the
toggle state:
Shadow Bypass Why
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
ls, cat, rm, less, du, command <name> Real external
top, ping, ssh, rg, binaries — a
mkdir, bash, cp, mv, real system command
wget, grep/fgrep/egrep, exists to fall
dir/vdir, claude back to.
cd builtin cd The one true
fish builtin
in this table.
help config __original_help $argv `help` is neither
a builtin nor an
external binary
(embedded in the
fish binary
itself) — see
conf.d/help.fish
for why the
wrapper keeps its
own backup copy.
edit (nothing to bypass to) Purely our own
invention, no
stock command
exists. Call
$EDITOR/$VISUAL
yourself if you
want a plain
editor launch.
A function's own doc header records which of these it depends on: see the
`CLASSIFICATION` label (`uses-shadow(...)` / `bypasses-shadow(...)`),
documented in full at
[`docs/function-classification-schema.md`](../../function-classification-schema.md).