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

On 03.11.2024 21:37, Helmut Waitzmann wrote:

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

>
I just want to know if the basic syntax is valid and/or if there is a
better workaround (better than switching to: > >(...))

 
 Either use a backslash for unfolding a folded line (as Ben
 showed) or put the part of the command line following the pipe
 symbol ("|") after the EOF of the here document (as Janis showed)
 or embrace the simple command and its here document by "{ ... ;
 }":
 
 
   {
     someCommand -x -y "sjdfhk" and more options \
         -g and still more options -Q "another option" << EOF
   some data
   for someCommand
   EOF
   } |
       /usr/lib/ANotherCommand -x "with option" and "more options"
 

In this vein (i.e. structuring the code) another option is to put
all these long commands with all their options into functions, so
that the complex command calls fit (with the pipes, and without
escapes) on a single line

  f_someCommand <<EOF | f_anotherCommand
  ...
  EOF

(This could make the code also better readable and maintainable.)

Janis