Hi,

I want to create a file from within a script that checks whether the file itself exists or not. Like:

if [[ ! -e .theFile]] then
echo Creating file...
cat << EOF > .theFile
echo This line should be in the file
EOF
fi

If I run the script with no condition (commenting out the first and last line), it works. But if I try to create the file within the "if" I get the following error:

./test: syntax error at line 3 : `<<' unmatched

Any idea on how to work around this? Thanks in advance.