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Sometimes you need to use multiple heredocs in a single command. This is possible in Bash using process substitution.

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multiple-heredocs.sh

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	cat <<. \|
	1
	.
	diff <<. - <(cat) \|
	2
	.
	diff <<. - <(cat) \|
	3
	.
	diff <<. - <(cat)
	4
	.

sarnobat commented Apr 19, 2024

I'm assuming this isn't possible with dash right?

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