On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 11:56:48PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > It would also be helpful if I could do the old trick of : > > cat <<EOF>foo > <file transfer> > EOF > > ...but this method performs shell expansions on the content.
If you quote EOF, it doesn't: $ cat <<EOF > $BASH_VERSION > EOF 2.05b.0(1)-release $ cat <<'EOF' > $BASH_VERSION > EOF $BASH_VERSION $ cat <<"EOF" > $BASH_VERSION > EOF $BASH_VERSION Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]