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I believe that the DONE must be on a line by itself with no white space
before or after it.

Kevin Miller <kevin.miller@transcore.com> wrote:
KM > If I try to do a "here document" in a shell subroutine, like this:

KM > routine ()
KM > {
KM > cat <<-DONE
KM > this is a test
KM > of a here document
KM > DONE
KM > }

KM > routine

KM > I get an error message like this:

KM > /tmp/sh1491500: cannot open (No such file or directory)

KM > If I do the same in the main body of the shell script, for instance,
by just
KM > removing the "routine ()" from the above, it works just fine. Can
anyone
KM > shed some light on this?

KM > Thanks,

KM > Kevin

I believe that the DONE must be on a line by itself with no white space
before or after it.

When this does work for you, was it still indented?
Try not indenting it.