.TH "eval" 1 "8 Feb 2007" "Version 1.22.3" "fish" \" -*- nroff -*- .ad l .nh .SH NAME eval - eval the specified commands .PP .SS "Synopsis" \fCeval [COMMANDS...]\fP .SS "Description" The \fCeval\fP builtin causes fish to evaluate the specified parameters as a command. If more than one parameter is specified, all parameters will be joined using a space character as a separator. .SS "Example" .PP .nf set cmd ls eval $cmd .fi .PP .PP will call the ls command.