tests/heredoc3.sub

   1 text=$(cat <<EOF
   2 here is the text
   3 EOF)
   4
   5 echo = $text =
   6
   7 unbalanced=$(cat <<EOF
   8 this paren ) is not a problem
   9 EOF)
  10
  11 echo $unbalanced
  12
  13 balanced=$(cat <<EOF
  14 these balanced parens ( ) are not a problem
  15 EOF)
  16
  17 echo $balanced
  18
  19 balanced=$(cat <<EOF
  20 quoted balanced parens \( ) are not a problem either
  21 EOF)
  22
  23 echo $balanced
  24
  25 (cat <<EOF
  26 more text in a subshell
  27 EOF
  28 )
  29
  30 (cat <<EOF; )
  31 some more text in a different subshell
  32 EOF
  33 echo end
  34
  35 # semi-weird examples posted by Wayne Pollack to austin-group mailing list
  36 cat <<-'        END'
  37         hello
  38         END
  39
  40 cat <<END
  41 hello
  42 END\
  43 END
  44 END
  45 echo end ENDEND
  46
  47 cat <<'    END    '
  48 hello
  49     END
  50 echo end hello
  51
  52 cat <<x*x & touch 'x*x'
  53 x star x
  54 x*x
  55 echo end 'x*x'
  56 rm 'x*x'
  57
  58 cat <<END
  59 hello\
  60 END
  61 END
  62 echo end helloEND
  63
  64 cat <<END
  65 hello
  66 \END
  67 END
  68 echo end 'hello<NL>\END'
  69
  70 # this has to be last -- results in a syntax error
  71 # doesn't currently parse because EOF is not on a line by itself -- should it?
  72 (cat <<EOF
  73 still more text in a subshell
  74 EOF)