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Is it possible to use multiple here-docs in bash?

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Can one use multiple here-docs to provide input to a command in bash? $ cat foo > EOF1 > bar > EOF2 bar Obviously, in both cases, the second here-doc is used as stdin, and replaces the first reference. Is the solution to use echos instead? $ cat <(echo -n foo) <(echo bar) foobar Also, for some reason, using a combination didn't work for me. Why would that be? $ cat <<
Asked by Sparhawk (20499 rep)
Aug 3, 2014, 11:10 AM
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