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

On 17.09.2024 17:54, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <vcc7qk$3j1r6$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
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So what remains then is only '<<<' being a one-liner shortcut and
the '<<-' (plus the '<<#' in ksh) features to control indentation,
I suppose.

 
I just thought of something.  Suppose your included text contains both
single and double quotes.  This will not be an issue with <<, but will
require extra effort (more than I care to expend!) with <<<.

That's actually the property I like with here-docs; that you can
write your template-like text inside the shell-program text as it
shall (and will) be seen at the target side, both forms of quotes
inclusive.

As might have already got obvious, though, I use the '<<<' syntax
for other purposes than for such template files; for one-liners. In
that context mixed quote forms are not typical (IME) so that this
property of '<<' is not that important for me to have in '<<<'.[*]

Janis

[*] Such a quote-mixture seems to appear mostly in longer text that
I anyway generally implement with '<<' (if only for its additional
feature to control indentation and thereby make the whole text more
legible).