Bash, cat and EOF problem

[LUK ShunTim <shuntim.luk@polyu.edu.hk>]

Hello,

I ran into this problem which I cannot figure out. I must have missed
something. I'm using sid with bash version 3.1.5(1).

<script1>
cat <<EOF >>outfile
Some words
EOF
</script1>

works but when it is embedded inside an if-then-fi construct like,

<script2>
AAA=""
if [ -z "$AAA" ]; then
   cat <<EOF >>outfile
   Some words
   EOF
fi
</script2>

it fails with error message
"script2: line 7: syntax error: unexpected end of file"

What have I missed?


Regards,
ST
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