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[Eric "Shubes"]

Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 01:23:32PM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote:
>>> 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. :)
> 
> Yes, at least in ksh. I'm sure bash can do it, too. In ksh you use "<<-"
> instead of "<<" and it will strip any leading tabs from there here doc.
> Note that it's TABS not WHITESPACE. So it's possible to have internal
> indenting with spaces, but tab indented shell script.
> 

I just looked it up for yuks. bash appears to be the same. So, indent the
EOF with tabs, and meaningful indentation should be done with spaces. I
wonder how long I can remember that. ;)

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-Eric 'shubes'