At 10:31 AM -0400 8/28/05, Claude Jones wrote:
>On Sun August 28 2005 6:04 am, gb spam wrote:
>>
>> cat > /etc/sysconfig/desktop << EOF
>> DESKTOP="KDE"
>> DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
>> EOF
>>
>> You will need to restart X afterwards (not just log out).
>
>I know this doesn't have anything to do with the subject, but, would you mind
>explaining this use of 'cat'? You appear to be using it as a quick text
>editor. When I see new ways to do stuff like this, I make an effort to
>understand how it works, but, I'm stumped. I've read the man cat but there's
>nothing there. I don't know where to look next.
man bash, and search for "<<":
$ man bash
: /<<
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