On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:59:37AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote:
> Nathan Aubrey wrote:
> > All,
> > Is there a way to cat something while in a 'while' loop?
> > example:
> >
> > RADIO=(1 2 3)
> > YEARS=(2007 2006)
> >
> > for broadcast in "${RADIO[@]}"; do
> > if [ "$broadcast" = "${broadcast#!}" ]; then
> > for year in "${YEARS[@]}"; do
> > echo "Downloading Network List..."
> > ncftpls -x "1r" ftp://username@domain/location/$broadcast/$year/ |
> > tee /tmp/$broadcast-$year 2>&1 1>/dev/null
> > cat << EOF >> $broadcast-content.html
> > Howdy
> > EOF
> > fi
> > done
> >
> > It gives me an unexpected end of file.
> > Sorry for any wrapping that might occur.
> >
> > nathan
>
> echo "Howdy" >>$broadcast-content.html
> ?
Since he's outputting to html, he probably really does want to use a
"here document" at some point for formatting.
The trick there, I think, is in the indenting. If never sees the "EOF"
because it's indented. Check the manpage for bash to see about alternate
forms of <<EOF which ignore leading whitespace...
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