result in a warning. In particular, any backslashes should be doubled. Finally, a trailing
backslash (<literal>\</literal>) may be used to merge lines.</para>
- <para>This syntax is intended to be very similar to shell syntax,
- but only the meta-characters and expansions described in the
- following paragraphs are understood. Specifically, redirection
- using
+ <para>This syntax is inspired by shell syntax, but only the meta-characters and expansions
+ described in the following paragraphs are understood, and the expansion of variables is
+ different. Specifically, redirection using
<literal><</literal>,
<literal><<</literal>,
<literal>></literal>, and