From: Navindra Umanee Date: 2005-02-08T03:50:37+09:00 Subject: Re: delayed string interpolation Zach Dennis wrote: > #a bunch of blank lines > x = <<"ENDTEXT" > \n\n\n\n\n > ENDTEXT > > #a bunch of literal \n 's > x = <<'ENDTEXT' > \n\n\n\n\n > ENDTEXT Well, I'm using heredoc because I don't want to specify \n and the such. The string is specified and looks almost exactly as the document. But I *do* want #{} expansion. This is the way it pretty much works on bash heredoc by default. Cheers, Navin.