On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Xiaoqiang Zheng<zh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: root > To: bug-bash@gnu.org > Subject: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)] > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linu > x-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' > -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/ > share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I > ./lib > -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/ > sbin:/bin' -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin' > -DSYS_BASHRC='/ > etc/bash/bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash/bash_logout' > -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOG > IN_SHELLS -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -O2 -march=i686 -pipe > uname output: Linux gentoo 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 #4 SMP Wed Jun 3 16:10:00 CST > 2009 i > 686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 24 > Release Status: release > > Description: > bash not work as expected > > Repeat-By: > > # bash <<EOF >> i=LAN >> env|grep $i >> EOF > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... > Try `grep --help' for more information. > # bash<<EOF >> env|grep LAN >> EOF > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > # bash<<EOF >> i=bin >> /$i/hostname >> EOF > bash: line 2: //hostname: No such file or directory > # bash<<EOF >> i=bin /$i/hostname >> EOF > bash: line 1: //hostname: No such file or directory > # bash > # i=bin > # /$i/hostname > l5u3.domain.com > # exit > #
bash works as expected, if EOF is not quoted the variables are expanded before your command runs: $ i=foo $ bash <<EOF > i=bar > echo $i > EOF foo $ bash << 'EOF' > i=bar > echo $i > EOF bar
