1 | ## compare_shells: dash bash mksh zsh
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3 | # From:
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4 | #
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5 | # https://lobste.rs/s/xhtim1/problems_with_shells_test_builtin_what
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6 | # http://alangrow.com/blog/shell-quirk-assign-from-heredoc
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7 |
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8 | ## suite: disabled
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9 |
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10 | #### Blog Post Example
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11 | paths=`tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//'`<<EOPATHS
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12 | /foo
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13 | /bar
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14 | /baz
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15 | EOPATHS
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16 | echo "$paths"
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17 | ## stdout: /foo:/bar:/baz
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18 |
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19 | #### Blog Post Example Fix
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20 | paths=`tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//'<<EOPATHS
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21 | /foo
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22 | /bar
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23 | /baz
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24 | EOPATHS`
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25 | echo "$paths"
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26 | ## STDOUT:
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27 | /foo
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28 | /bar
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29 | /baz
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30 | ## END
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31 |
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32 | #### Rewrite of Blog Post Example
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33 | paths=$(tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//' <<EOPATHS
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34 | /foo
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35 | /bar
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36 | /baz
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37 | EOPATHS
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38 | )
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39 | echo "$paths"
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40 | ## STDOUT:
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41 | /foo
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42 | /bar
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43 | /baz
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44 | ## END
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45 |
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46 | #### Simpler example
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47 | foo=`cat`<<EOM
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48 | hello world
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49 | EOM
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50 | echo "$foo"
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51 | ## stdout: hello world
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52 |
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53 | #### ` after here doc delimiter
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54 | foo=`cat <<EOM
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55 | hello world
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56 | EOM`
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57 | echo "$foo"
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58 | ## stdout: hello world
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59 |
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60 | #### ` on its own line
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61 | foo=`cat <<EOM
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62 | hello world
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63 | EOM
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64 | `
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65 | echo "$foo"
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66 | ## stdout: hello world
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