How to avoid \ escaping when using "= <<-EOF" ?

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

Hi, the following code

=2D---------------------
banner =3D <<-EOF
/\/
EOF
puts banner
=2D---------------------

produces:

=2D---------------------
//
=2D---------------------


How could I avoid the "\" scaping so the text appears verbatim?
Thanks a lot.

=2D-=20
I=C3=B1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Seebs]

How could I avoid the "\" scaping so the text appears verbatim?
Thanks a lot.

If any part of the listed modifier for the here document is quoted,
the here document acts like single quotes:

cat <<-'EOF'
foo\bar$baz
EOF
=>
foo\bar$baz

(Note that the stripping of whitespace from the '-' still takes effect.)

-s

 

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, 30. Dez 2009, 10:10:05 +0900 schrieb Seebs:

=20
If any part of the listed modifier for the here document is quoted,
the here document acts like single quotes:
=20
cat <<-'EOF'
foo\bar$baz
EOF
=3D>
foo\bar$baz

`cat' is a shell command. I suppose you meant something like

mystr =3D <<-'EOT'
hello
EOT

(Note that the stripping of whitespace from the '-' still takes effect.)

The `-' just means that an indented "EOT" will close the here
document; without it the "EOT" has to start in column 1. No
whitespace will be stripped inside the string.

Bertram


--=20
Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
*
Discover String#notempty? at <http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/step>.

 

[Seebs]

Am Mittwoch, 30. Dez 2009, 10:10:05 +0900 schrieb Seebs:

`cat' is a shell command. I suppose you meant something like

.... Whoops. This is right next to comp.unix.shell in my reading list, and
oddly, the feature appears to be nearly identical. Except for the
different handling of -'MARKER'.

-s