while and cats

[Eric "Shubes"]

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. :)

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-Eric 'shubes'