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phemmer
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You're overthingingoverthinking it. All you need is this:

cat > texttest.txt

Cat will read from STDIN if you've not told it different. Since it's reading from STDIN, it will react to the control character Ctrl+D without your having to specify it. And since Ctrl+D is the only thing that will finish the cat subprocess, you don't even need to wrap it in a loop.

You're overthinging it. All you need is this:

cat > texttest.txt

Cat will read from STDIN if you've not told it different. Since it's reading from STDIN, it will react to the control character Ctrl+D without your having to specify it. And since Ctrl+D is the only thing that will finish the cat subprocess, you don't even need to wrap it in a loop.

You're overthinking it. All you need is this:

cat > texttest.txt

Cat will read from STDIN if you've not told it different. Since it's reading from STDIN, it will react to the control character Ctrl+D without your having to specify it. And since Ctrl+D is the only thing that will finish the cat subprocess, you don't even need to wrap it in a loop.

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Jenny D
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You're overthinging it. All you need is this:

cat > texttest.txt

Cat will read from STDIN if you've not told it different. Since it's reading from STDIN, it will react to the control character Ctrl+D without your having to specify it. And since Ctrl+D is the only thing that will finish the cat subprocess, you don't even need to wrap it in a loop.