On 05/05/2017 02:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 5/5/2017 11:16 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> But bash is ignoring tabs in my here docs.
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> tab in bash is indeed filename expansion. what are 'my here' docs ?
> not familiar with that phrase.
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A *here document* is a special-purpose code block. It uses a form of I/O
redirection to feed a command list to an interactive program or a
command, such as ftp, cat, or the ex text editor.
Here Documents - The Linux Documentation Project
<http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html>
tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html