* Carel Fellinger (cfelling@iae.nl) [020228 13:53]: > So `cat filename > /dev/lp0' still works? > But the following failed? Strange. > > > > # cat << EOF > /dev/lp0 > > > > a very short line > > > > a second line > > > > a final line > > > > << EOF Not so strange. Try it this way: # cat << EOF >| /dev/lp0 > a very short line > a second line > a final line > EOF The most important change I made is to make that last line just say "EOF", without the "<<". Also, changing from > to >| might make a difference, if noclobber is set in your shell. good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume/ -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire, 1906
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