A here document, << END_HERE this and more blah but only just text \,$,` need to be escaped vars are interpolated END_HERE note: the END_HERE to terminate the here doc must be alone on the line and no leading white space and no statement terminator(;) is used.
You might use this to include the whole text of a script you want ot write on the fly then call and have it eat itself when done. On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:23:31 -0400 - Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: Re: Improved "pager" for man pages >Well, I couldn't leave well enuf alone. >I got annoyed by my new and improved man pager, since the calling shell >can't be used until the acroread session is closed. > >So, here is the better mouse trap. It needs two scripts, not one. >First script is called Man > >man -t $1 > /tmp/junk$$ >[ -a /tmp/junk$$ ] || exit >ps2pdf /tmp/junk$$ /tmp/$1 >rm /tmp/junk$$ >ReadMan $1 & > >The second script is called ReadMan > >acroread /tmp/$1 >rm /tmp/$1 > >To use it, just type: >Man ping [or whatever] and voila. > >A nice part is that you can use the shell again, and if you want, open >another man page with Man rm [or whatever]. The second man page is opened >up in the same instance of acroread, making things very convenient. > >Now, this would be nicer if someone could show me how to make this into >just one script. A here document might be the way to go, but I have >never figured those out. > >Joel > >On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 09:38:09PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote: >> Don't know why, but with lindows 4 I have lost my usual vi like button >> functionality with the man pager. Oh well. >> >> So, here is a "pager" which is greatly improved. This allows searching >> as well, which wouldn't work with just the postscript output. Of course, >> this only runs in a GUI, but, that's where I spend most of my time these >> days, anyway. >> >> #!/bin/sh >> man -t $1 > /tmp/junk$$ >> ps2pdf /tmp/junk$$ /tmp/junkpdf$$ >> acroread /tmp/junkpdf$$ >> rm /tmp/junk$$ >> rm /tmp/junkpdf$$ >> >> Joel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users_________________________ >______________________ Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
