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Nov 26, 2020 at 15:29 vote accept TheNiceGuy
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Dec 9, 2013 at 2:18 comment added hildred yes It is by design. If you want to use variables in your here-document you want one behavior, If you want simpler quoting you want another.
Dec 9, 2013 at 0:14 comment added Ketan I do not understand the purpose of such subtlety in bash. Is it by design? Could some one explain. Thanks.
Dec 8, 2013 at 23:55 comment added slm @Michael - please be sure to mark this as the accepted answer so that others know your issue's been resolved.
Dec 8, 2013 at 23:21 comment added Chris Down @Michael - It's just the delimiter that indicates the end of the heredoc. You could just as validly use FOO, and end the heredoc with FOO on a line by itself.
Dec 8, 2013 at 23:21 comment added TheNiceGuy Thanks it works. Could you explain what the 'EOF' doe exactly? Thanks
Dec 8, 2013 at 23:18 history answered Chris Down CC BY-SA 3.0