Re: Using << and an output pipe together in shell (bash)

gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) writes:

Consider this code in a bash script:
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(Note: No actual indentation is intended - only shown like this for posting)
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    someCommand ... << EOF | someOtherCommand
    some data
    for someCommand
    EOF
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This should work, right?
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In simple cases, it does (seem to) work OK.
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However, in the actual real world case, it is more like:
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    someCommand -x -y "sjdfhk" and more options \
-g and still more options -Q "another option" << EOF |

I think you need "| \" at the end of this line.  At least that's what I
usually do and it seems to work.

/usr/lib/ANotherCommand -x "with option" and "more options"
    some data
    for someCommand
    EOF

--
Ben.