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Re: 'for' builtin without 'in' doesn't use the positional parameter
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 'for' builtin without 'in' doesn't use the positional parameter |
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Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:07:22 -0500 |
> djedi@altern.org wrote:
> > $ cat > foo.sh <<EOF
> >> for i
> >> do
> >> echo ">>>$i<<<"
> >> done
> >> EOF
>
> $ cat foo.sh
> for i
> do
> echo ">>><<<"
> done
Paul has sharp eyes. Unless the here document delimiter is quoted, variable
expansion will be performed on each line as the here document is written.
Chet
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