On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:59:37AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote: > Nathan Aubrey wrote: > > All, > > Is there a way to cat something while in a 'while' loop? > > example: > > > > RADIO=(1 2 3) > > YEARS=(2007 2006) > > > > for broadcast in "${RADIO[@]}"; do > > if [ "$broadcast" = "${broadcast#!}" ]; then > > for year in "${YEARS[@]}"; do > > echo "Downloading Network List..." > > ncftpls -x "1r" ftp://username@domain/location/$broadcast/$year/ | > > tee /tmp/$broadcast-$year 2>&1 1>/dev/null > > cat << EOF >> $broadcast-content.html > > Howdy > > EOF > > fi > > done > > > > It gives me an unexpected end of file. > > Sorry for any wrapping that might occur. > > > > nathan > > echo "Howdy" >>$broadcast-content.html > ? Since he's outputting to html, he probably really does want to use a "here document" at some point for formatting. The trick there, I think, is in the indenting. If never sees the "EOF" because it's indented. Check the manpage for bash to see about alternate forms of <