Re: Another 'What's the diff Q" (LDo will like this)

On 17.09.2024 15:10, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <vcbb68$3dfds$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
...

Note that I use both constructs, as the mood suits me, but I just got to
thinking that maybe <<< doesn't actually add any new functionality.

>
It's actually a restriction since it doesn't allow (e.g.) to control
variable expansion (as is possible with escaping the tag ('EOF' in
your example, which prevents expansion, vs. unquoted/unescaped EOF ).

 
Well, not really.  I can always do:

Ah, of course!

So what remains then is only '<<<' being a one-liner shortcut and
the '<<-' (plus the '<<#' in ksh) features to control indentation,
I suppose.

Janis

 
$ cmd << EOF
$(fortune)
EOF
$
 
and/or:
 
$ cmd <<< "
$(fortune)
"
$
 
Same diff, innit?