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@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ read [OPTIONS] [VARIABLES...]
\subsection read-description Description
-`read` reads one line from standard
-input and stores the result in one or more shell variables.
+`read` reads one line from standard input and stores the result in one or more shell variables.
The following options are available:
@@ -33,12 +32,12 @@ input is considered a separate token.
If \c -a or \c --array is provided, only one variable name is allowed and the
tokens are stored as an array in this variable.
-See the documentation for `set` for more details on the scoping rules for
-variables.
\subsection read-example Example
The following code stores the value 'hello' in the shell variable
`$foo`.
-`echo hello|read foo`
+\fish
+echo hello|read foo
+\endfish