18 Sep
2009
18 Sep
'09
7:02 a.m.
On 09/17/2009 11:31 PM, Raj Mathur wrote:
On Thursday 17 Sep 2009, steve wrote:
btw, what is a 'here' document ?
A here document is a shell construct by which you can simulate redirection from a file on the command-line. [...snip...] cat> /dev/fd0<<some_string This is the house that Jack built. This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. some_string
The effect is as if you had put the text between some_string...some_string in a file and redirected stdin from that file, except that no actual file is created. Convenient for quick-and-dirty texts, specially stuff you copy-paste from some application.
Oh ok ! thanks ! I've known and used the concept for such a long time without knowing that it had a name !
cheers, - steve
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