EOF blocks my script?

Question

I have this script (it is actually a snippet from a bigger script).

#!/bin/sh

 if [ $actualsize -ge $MAXSIZE ]; then
  read dummy FILEPOINT <<EOF
  `dd if=myfile skip=8001 count=1 bs=1|od -x`
  EOF
 fi

When I run it, I get

./bugged.sh: 9: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")

Apparently, the problem is the "EOF". Why does this happen and how can I achieve the same result (reading from myfile)?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-05 10:36:05Z

up vote 6 down vote accepted

Either stop indenting the EOF, or use <<-EOF earlier and indent it using tabs.

answered Jun 5 '13 at 10:36

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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Stéphane Chazelas · Answer 2 · 2013-06-05 11:15:15Z

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Ignacio explained the error you get, but you may want to simplify your code and avoid the here document in the first place like:

filepoint=$(od -An -j 8001 -N 1 -t x1 < myfile)

answered Jun 5 '13 at 10:43

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