What is the end of here string?
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It seemed to me that the end of a here string is newline. I realize I am wrong:
$ cat <<< hello world
cat: world: No such file or directory
What can signify the end of a here string?
bash io-redirection here-string
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It seemed to me that the end of a here string is newline. I realize I am wrong:
$ cat <<< hello world
cat: world: No such file or directory
What can signify the end of a here string?
bash io-redirection here-string
asked Nov 22 at 21:28
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It seemed to me that the end of a here string is newline. I realize I am wrong:
$ cat <<< hello world
cat: world: No such file or directory
What can signify the end of a here string?
bash io-redirection here-string
asked Nov 22 at 21:28
Ben
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It seemed to me that the end of a here string is newline. I realize I am wrong:
$ cat <<< hello world
cat: world: No such file or directory
What can signify the end of a here string?
bash io-redirection here-string
bash io-redirection here-string
asked Nov 22 at 21:28
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The syntax of a here string is:
<<< word
where a word is a sequence of characters treated as a unit by the shell, delimited by whitespace. That could be a single regular word (hello), a single- or double-quoted string ('hello world', "hello world"), a parameter or command substitution ($foo, $(...)), something assembled with backslash escapes, or a combination of those joined together.
You can have multiple here-documents or here-strings on a single line, so the end of the line can't work as the only delimiter, though it will end there if not already (unless the newline is backslash-escaped).
You would get the effect you wanted with
cat <<<'hello world'
or
cat <<<hello world
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
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@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<<comes fromzsh(and the Unix variant ofrc), and$IFSwas never involved there (nor inksh93normkshnoryashwhich also copied that operator) but inbashversions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after<<<were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it ascat <<< "$var"if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4
– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
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From the manual:
[n]<<<word
The end is one word, not multiple words. So in this example, the first word is hello and terminates the here string. The next word is world, it is just an ordinary argument to cat, and cat assumes it is a file name to read.
You could write it more clearly this way:
$ cat world <<< hello
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
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2 Answers
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The syntax of a here string is:
<<< word
where a word is a sequence of characters treated as a unit by the shell, delimited by whitespace. That could be a single regular word (hello), a single- or double-quoted string ('hello world', "hello world"), a parameter or command substitution ($foo, $(...)), something assembled with backslash escapes, or a combination of those joined together.
You can have multiple here-documents or here-strings on a single line, so the end of the line can't work as the only delimiter, though it will end there if not already (unless the newline is backslash-escaped).
You would get the effect you wanted with
cat <<<'hello world'
or
cat <<<hello world
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<<comes fromzsh(and the Unix variant ofrc), and$IFSwas never involved there (nor inksh93normkshnoryashwhich also copied that operator) but inbashversions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after<<<were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it ascat <<< "$var"if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4
– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
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3
down vote
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The syntax of a here string is:
<<< word
where a word is a sequence of characters treated as a unit by the shell, delimited by whitespace. That could be a single regular word (hello), a single- or double-quoted string ('hello world', "hello world"), a parameter or command substitution ($foo, $(...)), something assembled with backslash escapes, or a combination of those joined together.
You can have multiple here-documents or here-strings on a single line, so the end of the line can't work as the only delimiter, though it will end there if not already (unless the newline is backslash-escaped).
You would get the effect you wanted with
cat <<<'hello world'
or
cat <<<hello world
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<<comes fromzsh(and the Unix variant ofrc), and$IFSwas never involved there (nor inksh93normkshnoryashwhich also copied that operator) but inbashversions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after<<<were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it ascat <<< "$var"if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4
– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
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3
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
The syntax of a here string is:
<<< word
where a word is a sequence of characters treated as a unit by the shell, delimited by whitespace. That could be a single regular word (hello), a single- or double-quoted string ('hello world', "hello world"), a parameter or command substitution ($foo, $(...)), something assembled with backslash escapes, or a combination of those joined together.
You can have multiple here-documents or here-strings on a single line, so the end of the line can't work as the only delimiter, though it will end there if not already (unless the newline is backslash-escaped).
You would get the effect you wanted with
cat <<<'hello world'
or
cat <<<hello world
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
The syntax of a here string is:
<<< word
where a word is a sequence of characters treated as a unit by the shell, delimited by whitespace. That could be a single regular word (hello), a single- or double-quoted string ('hello world', "hello world"), a parameter or command substitution ($foo, $(...)), something assembled with backslash escapes, or a combination of those joined together.
You can have multiple here-documents or here-strings on a single line, so the end of the line can't work as the only delimiter, though it will end there if not already (unless the newline is backslash-escaped).
You would get the effect you wanted with
cat <<<'hello world'
or
cat <<<hello world
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
edited Nov 22 at 21:58
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
answered Nov 22 at 21:36
Michael Homer
44.8k7117156
44.8k7117156
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<<comes fromzsh(and the Unix variant ofrc), and$IFSwas never involved there (nor inksh93normkshnoryashwhich also copied that operator) but inbashversions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after<<<were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it ascat <<< "$var"if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4
– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
add a comment |
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<<comes fromzsh(and the Unix variant ofrc), and$IFSwas never involved there (nor inksh93normkshnoryashwhich also copied that operator) but inbashversions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after<<<were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it ascat <<< "$var"if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4
– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
@ilkkachu Yeah, you're right, there's no word-splitting there at all.
– Michael Homer
Nov 22 at 21:59
<<< comes from zsh (and the Unix variant of rc), and $IFS was never involved there (nor in ksh93 nor mksh nor yash which also copied that operator) but in bash versions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after <<< were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it as cat <<< "$var" if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
<<< comes from zsh (and the Unix variant of rc), and $IFS was never involved there (nor in ksh93 nor mksh nor yash which also copied that operator) but in bash versions prior to 4.4, unquoted expansions in the word after <<< were subject to word splitting (and the resulting words joined with space) which is why you do need to write it as cat <<< "$var" if you want to support bash versions 4.3 or older. That was fixed in 4.4– Stéphane Chazelas
Nov 22 at 22:46
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From the manual:
[n]<<<word
The end is one word, not multiple words. So in this example, the first word is hello and terminates the here string. The next word is world, it is just an ordinary argument to cat, and cat assumes it is a file name to read.
You could write it more clearly this way:
$ cat world <<< hello
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
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From the manual:
[n]<<<word
The end is one word, not multiple words. So in this example, the first word is hello and terminates the here string. The next word is world, it is just an ordinary argument to cat, and cat assumes it is a file name to read.
You could write it more clearly this way:
$ cat world <<< hello
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
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From the manual:
[n]<<<word
The end is one word, not multiple words. So in this example, the first word is hello and terminates the here string. The next word is world, it is just an ordinary argument to cat, and cat assumes it is a file name to read.
You could write it more clearly this way:
$ cat world <<< hello
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
5,0873925
From the manual:
[n]<<<word
The end is one word, not multiple words. So in this example, the first word is hello and terminates the here string. The next word is world, it is just an ordinary argument to cat, and cat assumes it is a file name to read.
You could write it more clearly this way:
$ cat world <<< hello
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
5,0873925
answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
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answered Nov 22 at 21:34
RalfFriedl
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answered Nov 22 at 21:34
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