On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Derek Schrock <der...@lifeofadishwasher.com > wrote:
> > Would it be possible to add a new character (+) to the here-doc such > that the number of tabs remove are the number after the closing > delimiter (EOF in the above example): > > .... > cat <<+ EOF > Testing 0 9 8 > Testing 7 6 5 > Testing 4 3 2 > EOF > > Note the above here-doc is tabbed out by two but the closing delimiter > is only tabbed by 1 so only 1 tab is removed. > > Would result with: > > Testing 0 9 8 > Testing 7 6 5 > Testing 4 3 2 > > This would allow you to write here-docs inside functions and continue to > use tabs to maintain proper formatting and not have to use spaces. > > I think it is a bit cumbersome and hard to see this way, as well as a bit difficult to maintain this way.... Would it not be more simple to just use the number of tabs (or spaces for tab haters) before the first non tab character of the first line of the here doc? I think most people would be happy with this kind of "do what I mean" behavior....maybe except those using + as the first char of their delimiter of course .
