Hello, I think I've found a bug when using the here-document redirection in an interactive shell. What basically happens is that you can't see the command output if you set the "vi" or "emacs" options. Please take a look: $ set -o vi $ cat << EOF > test > EOF $ set +o vi $ cat << EOF > test > EOF test ^ you can see the "test" output only when the vi option is *not* set $ set -o emacs $ cat << EOF > test > EOF $ set +o emacs $ cat << EOF > test > EOF test ^ you can see the "test" output only when the emacs option is *not* set -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html