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diff --git a/doc/testscript.cli b/doc/testscript.cli index 49e9d45..918dd4a 100644 --- a/doc/testscript.cli +++ b/doc/testscript.cli @@ -2438,7 +2438,15 @@ Set variable from the \c{stdin} input. Note that \c{set} is a \i{pseudo-builtin}. In particular, it must be the last command in the pipe expression, it either succeeds or terminates abnormally, -and its \c{stderr} cannot be redirected. +and its \c{stderr} cannot be redirected. Note also that all the variables on +the command line are expanded before any \c{set} commands are executed, for +example: + +\ +foo = foo +echo 'bar' | set foo && echo $foo # foo +echo $foo # bar +\ Unless the \c{-e|--exact} option is specified, a single final newline is ignored in the input. |