Thanks the cat command works when the end is EOF and does not work with << EOF or < EOF I haven't the slightest clue on why but can't argue with success. paul taylor --- Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020228 13:53]: > > So `cat filename > /dev/lp0' still works? > > But the following failed? Strange. > > > > > > # cat << EOF > /dev/lp0 > > > > > a very short line > > > > > a second line > > > > > a final line > > > > > << EOF > > Not so strange. Try it this way: > > # cat << EOF >| /dev/lp0 > > a very short line > > a second line > > a final line > > EOF > > The most important change I made is to make that > last line just say > "EOF", without the "<<". Also, changing from > to >| > might make a > difference, if noclobber is set in your shell. > > good times, > Vineet > > -- > Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area > Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume/ > -- > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to > the death your right > to say it." --Beatrice Hall, The Friends of > Voltaire, 1906 >
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