[psophis]

You can also use add a hyphen ( <<-EOF ) to suppress leading tabs but not spaces. https://linuxhint.com/bash-heredoc-tutorial/

[smichel17]

I've always avoided that for fear that my or someone else's editor will accidentally replace the tabs with space. Mixed is not a common configuration, these days.

[account42]

This makes me want to use this just to get people to fix their broken editors.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Oh, that's nice! And in spite of the labeling on that page, it doesn't seem to be a BASHism; it at least works in dash, too.

[e12e]

And ksh.

[amelius]

Seriously, bash has too many obscure features.

[ainar-g]

Bash? It's POSIX: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V....

[emmelaich]

Ruby and Perl have `here` docs as well.

And Ruby 2.5 has an enhancement which preserves leading whitespace.

[dungdongdang]

a commonly used feature that has been a part of the unix standard since before "bash" only meant to hit something with a heavy object, while linus was getting his diaper changed is not an "obscure feature."

a five year old took his first aware car ride, and at a gas station saw the trunk of the car next to theirs open. he said "seriously, bmw has too many obscure features." after all, a car for him was where you put the baby seat. and why would you put that in a compartment with no windows or air, that's too small to even fit a baby seat.

did you enjoy the ride?