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Expanding variables with Ed Bash 3.2.33
Post 302339912 by Corona688 on Friday 31st of July 2009 06:47:22 PM
07-31-2009
The $ in front of the string causes it to try to execute the string and feed its output into ed, not feed it into ed directly. Which is a new one on me. Shells are such weird things. 
cat <<< "asdf" works fine, as does cat <<< "$varname".
cat <<< "asdf" works fine, as does cat <<< "$varname".|
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