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Re: exim and printer answers



Thanks

the cat command works when the end is EOF
and does not work with << EOF  or < EOF
I haven't the slightest clue on why but can't argue
with success.
paul taylor
--- Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net>
wrote:
> * 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
> 
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