On 09/17/2009 11:31 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: > On Thursday 17 Sep 2009, steve wrote: >> btw, what is a 'here' document ? > > A here document is a shell construct by which you can simulate > redirection from a file on the command-line. > [...snip...] > cat> /dev/fd0<<some_string > This is the house that Jack built. > This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. > some_string > > The effect is as if you had put the text between > some_string...some_string in a file and redirected stdin from that file, > except that no actual file is created. Convenient for quick-and-dirty > texts, specially stuff you copy-paste from some application. > Oh ok ! thanks ! I've known and used the concept for such a long time without knowing that it had a name !
cheers, - steve -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
