========================================================== # su - oracle<<EOF > i=data > echo $i > EOF
# su - oracle<<EOF > LANG=C > i=bin > /$i/hostname > EOF ORACLE_SID = [orcl] ? The Oracle base for ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11 .1.0/db_1 is /u01/app/oracle -bash: line 3: //hostname: No such file or directory # ========================================================== echo shows an empty line and the the variable i losts value. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils