diff --git a/plugins/export/export.load b/plugins/export/export.load
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index 0000000..f8d110b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/export/export.load
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function export
+  set var1 (echo $argv | cut -f1 -d=)
+  set var2 (echo $argv | cut -f2 -d=)
+  set -x -g $var1 $var2
+end