# Command sub at the limit should fail. fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded set b (string repeat -n 512 x) ^ # Command sub over the limit should fail. fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded set -l x (string repeat -n $argv x) ^ in function 'subme' called on standard input with parameter list '513' in command substitution called on standard input # Same builtin in a command substitution is affected fish: Too much data emitted by command substitution so it was discarded echo this will fail (string repeat --max 513 b) to output anything ^