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Old 09-01-2008
Question WRITE a message in console
Hi all,

I have a requirement, where I need to do some calculations and based on the results I need to write a message to the user from a shell script.

Is it possible to `write' inside the script? Something like the below one..
Code:
#! /bin/ksh

write user12 << EOF
Hello World
<<EOF

For me, it produced an error.
Code:
wrt[6]: here document `EOF' unclosed

Any idea please?
# 2  
Old 09-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by guruparan18
Hi all,

I have a requirement, where I need to do some calculations and based on the results I need to write a message to the user from a shell script.

Is it possible to `write' inside the script? Something like the below one..
Code:
#! /bin/ksh

write user12 << EOF
Hello World
<<EOF

For me, it produced an error.
Code:
wrt[6]: here document `EOF' unclosed

Any idea please?
Try this:

Code:
write user12 << EOF
Hello World
EOF

# 3  
Old 09-01-2008
Silly mistake.. Isn't it?!

Thanks a lot Dennis.
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