$ ksh << END_OF_KSH
> perl << END_OF_PERL
> my $foo = qq{ bar \n };
> print qq{ FOO=$foo };
> END_OF_PERL
> END_OF_KSH
$ echo $FOO

$
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The astute Shell hackers among us will see a nested set of heredocs. The more astute Shell hackers will say "but $foo is not escaped, nor is it defined within ksh, so perl sees '' instead of $foo." Well, that's what I thought too.

$ echo "$foo"

$ echo "\$foo"
$foo
$ echo << ECHO
$foo
ECHO

$ echo << ECHO
\$foo
ECHO

$ echo << ECHO
\\$foo
ECHO
\
$
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So it would seem that the shell escapes things differently within heredocs. How can I get my $foo's through to perl?

brother dep, shell warrior.

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