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@@ -1252,15 +1252,16 @@ that even if a variable contains spaces, it will never be separated
into multiple arguments. If you want to tokenize a string, you can use
the <a href="commands.html#tokenize">tokenize</a> command.
Command substitution is specified using parenthesis.
Command substitution is specified using parenthesis, as in <tt>set name (whoami)</tt>.
There is no math mode, use bc.
The POSIX way of setting variables is <i>lame</i>. Whitespace
sensitive languages are awful. "foo=bar" and "foo = bar" should not
mean different things? \c fish uses a builtin, <tt>set</tt> to set and
remove environment variables. This keeps things consistent. In fish,
everything, including the switch/case statement is a command.
mean different things. \c fish uses a builtin, <tt>set</tt> to set and
remove environment variables. While this may seem a bit obscure, this
makes for a very consistent language. In fish, everything, including
the loops, assignments and switch/case statements is a command.
In \c fish, all block types end with the \c end command.