Re^2: FTP

[Maarten Litmaath]

rsalz at bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
\>	#!/bin/sh
\>	ftp -n << EOM
\		  ^^^	Better quote the EOM otherwise you'll have
\			problems with the *, below. Use "ftp -n <<'EOM'"

False. Check it in TFM: there's no wildcard expansion in a here document.
It's variable expansion and command substitution you might want to avoid.
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