diff --git a/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/all.lisp b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/all.lisp
index 21d5165a..9b0716b0 100644
--- a/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/all.lisp
+++ b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/all.lisp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
    #:ambrevar/file
    #:ambrevar/guix
    #:ambrevar/shell
+   #:ambrevar/syntax
    #:ambrevar/syspack
    #:ambrevar/patches/cmd))
 
diff --git a/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/shell.lisp b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/shell.lisp
index df1ea0d7..b146cbc8 100644
--- a/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/shell.lisp
+++ b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/shell.lisp
@@ -283,18 +283,6 @@ Return process name as second value."
   "Return checksum of FILE."
   (first (first (tokenize (cmd:$cmd "sha1sum" (write-to-string (ambrevar/file:path file)))))))
 
-(export-always 'toggle-interpol-readtable)
-(defun toggle-interpol-readtable ()
-  (if (eq *readtable* (named-readtables:find-readtable :interpol-syntax))
-      (named-readtables:in-readtable :standard)
-      (named-readtables:in-readtable :interpol-syntax)))
-
-(export-always 'toggle-clesh-readtable)
-(defun toggle-clesh-readtable ()
-  (if (eq *readtable* (named-readtables:find-readtable 'clesh:syntax))
-      (named-readtables:in-readtable :standard)
-      (named-readtables:in-readtable clesh:syntax)))
-
 (export-always 'move-file)
 (defun move-file (source destination)
   "`rename-file' does not work cross-device, in particular it does not work on
diff --git a/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/syntax.lisp b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/syntax.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..702c5154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/share/common-lisp/source/ambrevar/syntax.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+(uiop:define-package ambrevar/syntax
+  (:documentation "Syntax table.")
+  (:use #:common-lisp)
+  (:use #:trivia)
+  (:import-from #:ambrevar/shell)
+  (:import-from #:ambrevar/file)
+  (:import-from #:serapeum #:export-always))
+(in-package ambrevar/syntax)
+(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
+  (trivial-package-local-nicknames:add-package-local-nickname :alex :alexandria)
+  (trivial-package-local-nicknames:add-package-local-nickname :sera :serapeum))
+
+(defun read-until (stream delimiter)
+  "Return the string read until DELIMITER."
+  (concatenate 'string
+               (loop :for char = (read-char stream nil :eof)
+                     :while (and (not (eq char :eof))
+                                 (not (char= char delimiter)))
+                     :collect char)))
+
+(defun cmd-reader (stream char1 char2)
+  (declare (ignore char1 char2))
+  (cmd:cmd (read-until stream #\newline)))
+
+(defun $cmd-reader (stream char1 char2)
+  (declare (ignore char1 char2))
+  (cmd:$cmd (read-until stream #\newline)))
+
+(defun sh-reader (stream char1 char2)
+  (declare (ignore char1 char2))
+  (let ((next-char (read-char stream nil :eof)))
+    (str:string-case (string next-char)
+      ("#"
+       (ambrevar/shell:sh (read-until stream #\newline)))
+      ("!"
+       (ambrevar/shell:sh (read-until stream #\newline)))
+      ("$"
+       (ambrevar/shell:$sh (read-until stream #\newline)))
+      (otherwise
+       (ambrevar/shell:sh (str:concat (string next-char)
+                                      (read-until stream #\newline)))))))
+
+(defun file-reader (stream char1 char2)
+  (declare (ignore char1 char2))
+  (read-until stream #\")
+  (ambrevar/file:file (read-until stream #\")))
+
+(export-always 'syntax)
+(named-readtables:defreadtable syntax
+  (:merge :standard)
+  (:dispatch-macro-char #\# #\# #'sh-reader)
+  (:dispatch-macro-char #\# #\$ #'$cmd-reader)
+  (:dispatch-macro-char #\# #\! #'cmd-reader)
+  (:dispatch-macro-char #\# #\? #'interpol:interpol-reader)
+  (:dispatch-macro-char #\# #\f #'file-reader))