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From: | Johann Höchtl |
Subject: | Re: [Groff] What does 'groff <<<foo' do? |
Date: | Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:11:26 +0100 |
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On 12/02/2012 07:40 PM, Clarke Echols wrote:
It's called "Here string" or "here document" and used extensively in Bash / Perl / Python / Ruby programming. With 'here doc' You can disguise entire websites in a single perl file .... or a troff documentIn a recent email the syntax: groff <<<foo ... was used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_document
I've used Unix/Linux for over 25 years, and I've never seen that "triple redirect" before. What does it do? I get nowhere with a Google search because it ignores the '<<<'. Thanks, Clarke
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