Tab Indented Standard Input Redirect in Bash

{ 2009 07 12 }

Tab Indented Standard Input Redirect in Bash

I managed to forget how to redirect standard input (when you want to feed a bunch of lines to a program) in a bash script while still indenting and had to go digging around for it. So I figured I’d make a note here so I don’t forget again and for anyone else in the same boat. It’s just <<- instead of <<. For example if you want to keep indentation within a loop:

[bash] for i in 1 2 3 4;do catYou can use whatever you want to indicate the end of the input instead of EOF if it floats your boat (as long as you use the same thing both times) but unfortunately <<- doesn’t work with spaces for indentation (although I’m a tab man myself).

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Comments

Tubiletta | 10-Sep-10 at 6:21 am | Permalink

bash command-line indent to a space works. Thank you very much.
Wesley | 21-Sep-12 at 5:09 am | Permalink

Awesome, I have always wondered about this, but never found
an example for it.
Now i can not hate my code cause the EOF is messing up the indentation :)
damn ocd :p

Dammit Jim!