# fish > The Friendly Interactive SHell, a command-line interpreter designed to be user friendly. > More information: . - Start an interactive shell session: `fish` - Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs: `fish --no-config` - Execute specific commands: `fish --command "{{echo 'fish is executed'}}"` - Execute a specific script: `fish {{path/to/script.fish}}` - Check a specific script for syntax errors: `fish --no-execute {{path/to/script.fish}}` - Execute specific commands from `stdin`: `{{echo "echo 'fish is executed'"}} | fish` - Start an interactive shell session in private mode, where the shell does not access old history or save new history: `fish --private` - Define and export an environmental variable that persists across shell restarts (builtin): `set --universal --export {{variable_name}} {{variable_value}}`