diff --git a/tests/various/const_cmdline_nested.sh b/tests/various/const_cmdline_nested.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/various/const_cmdline_nested.sh
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+trap 'echo "ERROR in const_cmdline_nested.sh" >&2; exit 1' ERR
+
+tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$tmp"' EXIT
+
+cat > "$tmp/design.v" <<'EOT'
+module top(output [7:0] o);
+assign o = 8'hAA;
+endmodule
+EOT
+
+printf "setattr -set foo 2'd7 t:*\n" > "$tmp/inner.ys"
+cat > "$tmp/outer.ys" <<EOT
+read_verilog $tmp/design.v
+prep -top top
+script $tmp/inner.ys
+setattr -set bar 3'd15 t:*
+EOT
+
+# nesting + revert
+out=$(${YOSYS} -q "$tmp/outer.ys" 2>&1)
+echo "$out" | grep -E "inner\.ys:1: Warning: While parsing constant \`2'd7'" > /dev/null
+echo "$out" | grep -E "outer\.ys:[0-9]+: Warning: While parsing constant \`3'd15'" > /dev/null
+
+# cmd fallback - no source location prefix
+out=$(${YOSYS} -q -p "read_verilog $tmp/design.v; prep -top top; setattr -set foo 2'd7 t:*" 2>&1)
+echo "$out" | grep -E "^Warning: While parsing constant \`2'd7'" > /dev/null