/bin/sh feature? (and, Fun With #! Lines)

[chris at umcp-cs.UUCP]

One annoying thing about using quoted ``hereis document'' terminators
is that /bin/sh and /bin/csh demand different conventions.  If you are
using /bin/sh, you must NOT quote the terminator.  For example,

	#! /bin/sh
	cat << 'eof'
	Hi there.
	eof

HOWEVER, if you are using /bin/csh, you HAVE to quote the terminator
(and moreover, in the same way as the original).  The script

	#! /bin/csh
	cat << \eof
	Hi.  I'll bet you're expecting this to be the only line.
	eof
	'e'of
	\eof

prints THREE lines.

[Of course, there's always the self-catting awk script:

	#! /bin/awk NR > 1 { print }

is an executable (4BSD anyway) file which prints itself, except
for the first line.

For more fun, try these scripts:

	#! /bin/rm

	#! /bin/mv

Got any other interesting scripts?]
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