Bash Input/Output
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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