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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Bug in /bin/sh??
Message-ID: <2828@solo3.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 4 Jul 89 00:52:18 GMT
References: <400@mipos3.intel.com>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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jbrayton@mipos2.intel.com (Jim Brayton) writes:
\...
\#!/bin/sh
\
\bogus=`cat << END
\a
\END
\`
\
\/bin/echo $bogus

[doesn't work as expected]

Seems a bug to me indeed. On the other hand though I'd expect the following
to work TOO:

	#!/bin/sh

	foo=`cat` << EOF
	bar
	EOF

	echo $foo

Did you try this?
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