Suppress or Customize Intro Message in Fish Shell

Question

Is it possible to remove the intro message in fish shell:

Welcome to fish, the friendly interactive shell

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Answer 1

Add set fish_greeting to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish file.

This is answered in the Fish FAQ:

How do I run a command every login? What's fish's equivalent to .bashrc?

Edit the file ~/.config/fish/config.fish, creating it if it does not exist (Note the leading period).

How do I change the greeting message?

Change the value of the variable fish_greeting or create a fish_greeting function. For example, to remove the greeting use:

set fish_greeting