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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc here docs
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From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:43:01 -0400
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This works correctly (or at least as I expected) in Byron's rc.

; whatis foo
fn foo {cat <<<'        echo foo
'}

The `<<<' is a builtin operator, of which the manpage says:

     Additionally, rc supports ``here strings'', which  are  like
     here  documents,  except that input is taken directly from a
     string on the command line.  Their use is illustrated here:

          cat <<< 'this is a here string' | wc

    (This feature enables rc  to  export  functions  using  here
     documents  into  the environment; the author does not expect
     users to find this feature useful.)