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* [[bash#Subjects|bash]] | * [[bash#Subjects|bash]] | ||
=Echo Multiple Lines to <tt>stdout</tt>= | =Echo Multiple Lines to <tt>stdout</tt>= | ||
Revision as of 02:49, 22 February 2016
Internal
Echo Multiple Lines to stdout
cat <<EOF
blah
${some_var}
blah
EOF
- It will perform variable substitution. If you don't want that, escape \${some_var}.
- `...` sequences should be escaped as shown here: \`...\` otherwise they will executed before the output is sent to stdout.
- \ will join lines. If you want "\" in the output, then you should escape it:
...
blah blah \\
...
Echo Multiple Lines into a File
(cat << EOF blah EOF ) > /tmp/test.txt