put a backslash in front of the $ so that it is not substituted when the here document read, but later when you run that code.
On 7/9/08, Mr Aras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been trying to implement a "for loop" in a "here document" but the > "name" is never assigned to any of the items in the list. > > e.g. > > #!/bin/sh > sh <<-EOF > for word in hello world > do > echo word = $word > done > EOF > > output is: > word = > word = > > > Can someone tell me why this doesn't work? I've been going nuts trying to > figure this one out. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-%22for-loop%22-in-%22here-document%22-tp18353951p18353951.html > Sent from the Gnu - Bash mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > >
