[CentOS] [OT] bash here documents
Tony Mountifield
tony at softins.co.uk
Mon Jun 24 14:39:25 UTC 2013
In article <20130624135817.10QZO.129278.root at cdptpa-web19-z02>,
Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Suppose I have this C++ program:
> #include <iostream>
> int main (int argc, char** argv)
> {
> while (1)
> {
> char cmd[80];
> std::cin.getline(cmd, 80);
> std::cout << "response to " << cmd << std::endl;
> }
> }
>
> compiled by: c++ -o junk junk.cpp
>
> and I have this bash script:
> #!/bin/bash
> ./junk <<EOF
> blah
> bleh
> \cC
> EOF
> echo "Something else"
>
> When I run the script, the program starts and waits for input forever.
> I have 2 questions:
> 1) The "blah" and "bleh" line are not echoed to cout. Why not? Does the here document not send the data to stdin?
> 2) How do I terminate the program? When run interactively, I use <ctrl>-C.
You should be testing the return value from std::cin.getline() for
end-of-file. You are not testing it for any error. Always test return values.
In your script, the end of the here document will cause your program to see
end-of-file (this is NOT the string "EOF" - that's just the way you denote
the end of the here doc).
And you really ought to find a forum or mailing list where this kind of
question is ON-topic. Flagging the subject OT isn't a magic permission
to post anything you like!
Cheers
Tony
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