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Old 09-25-2015
Here doc question
This is a very simple question.

So I have:

[root@machine1]# cat << 'EOF' > /usr/share/servers/test man EOF

From the command line I want to put "man" into a /usr/share/servers/test. I have file "test" in directory /usr/share/servers/.

However when I run that it come back with [root@machine1]# cat << 'EOF' > /usr/share/servers/test man EOF
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Old 09-25-2015
man bash:
Quote:
Here Documents
This type of redirection instructs the shell to read input from the current source until a line containing only delimiter (with no trailing blanks) is seen.
So - the EOF string needs to be on a line of its own. As does the word man, btw.
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Old 09-25-2015
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Originally Posted by RudiC
man bash:

So - the EOF string needs to be on a line of its own. As does the word man, btw.
Thanks 100...that's what I needed. Worked perfectly.
 
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