I want to make the following commands:
cat > template.txt
[enter in the terminal]
text
[Ctrl+d in the terminal]
in a script.
Is there a way to tell the script to do enter\Ctrl d?
Is there a way to create a file and write to it in script?
I didn't find anything that worked for me.
Thanks.
A Here Document is kind of like a script version of what you're talking about, I think, although it is not entirely clear to me from your description.
#!/bin/bash
cat > template.txt <<- EOF
Here
is some
text.
EOF
Ctrl-D itself is the EOF character, ASCII 4.
When you want an interactieve user enter lines and add them to your file until the user enters an ^D you can use the next script:
echo "Please give input"
while read -r line; do
echo "Enter next line or ^D"
echo "${line}" > template.txt
done
echo "After loop"
You do not have to check for ^D, that will be recognized by read without doing something extra.So you do not need to use CTRL-V CTRL-D
in vi
.