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tawheed
tawheed

Reputation: 5821

creating shell script with contents

How does one create a shell script that creates a file with a whole bunch of contents. I currently have this and it does not seem to be working well. Any cleaner approach is also welcomed. 

echo "Enter 1 to generate View"
echo "Enter 2 to generate Model and View"
echo "Enter 3 to generate View, Model and Template"

while true; do
read -p "Please select an option: " option
read -p "Please enter the name of the class you wold like to genrate: " class
case $option in
    1 ) 
        FILE="views/$class"
        /bin/cat <<EOM >$FILE
            some content        
        EOM
        break;;
    2 ) 
        exit;;
    3 ) 
        exit;;
    * ) 
        echo "Enter 1 to generate View"
        echo "Enter 2 to generate Model and View"
        echo "Enter 3 to generate View, Model and Template";;
esac
done

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3914

Answers (1)

Gilles Qu&#233;not
Gilles Qu&#233;not

Reputation: 185171

The second EOM should be at the beginning of a line, or use 

 # code
    cat<<-EOM
    ...
    EOM

So here : 

    /bin/cat <<EOM >$FILE
some content        
EOM

Note :

like barmar said, if you use <<-EOM, use tabs not spaces.

Upvotes: 4

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