Darrin Chandler wrote:
> 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.
Oh.
> The trick there, I think, is in the indenting. If never sees the "EOF"
> because it's indented.
I could've told him that. ;)
> Check the manpage for bash to see about alternate
> forms of <<EOF which ignore leading whitespace...
>
Are there any? I hate the way inline files screw up my pretty formatting. :)
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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