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Sep 112010
 

Multi-line strings in Bash

Answer:

Bash support multiple line string, e.g.

#!/bin/bash
sort  <<EOT
apple
orange
banna
EOT

When you execute the script,

# bash test.sh

It gives:

apple
banna
orange

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