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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: How do you pipe after a here document
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Date: 27 Nov 90 17:15:25 GMT
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peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
[asks how to pipe a here document to a complicated command.]

Actually, the solution was given in one of the original answers,
but it was among several other solutions so it may have been missed.

	#! /bin/sh
	# If sh sees a pipe it knows the command is continued
	cat <<END |
	I,ve got
	a lovely
	bunch of coconuts
	END
	grep coconuts |
	while read foo bar baz
		do
	  case $baz in
	    coconuts) echo $foo $bar THEM;;
	    *) echo su root -c 'rm -f /etc';;
	  esac
	done

On my RT this prints

	bunch of THEM

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