how to get a multiline string in a shell variable using <<EOT

read_multiline.sh

#


# for sh
solution="$(cat <<-EOT
use cat instead of read
and don't forget
to use "" to protect your "\\\\n"
to be replaced w/ spaces.
EOT
)"
echo "solution: $solution"


if test -z "$(type -p)"; then
echo and for $SHELL ...
read -d '' msg <<EOT
this is a multi line
text to be placed
in a variable '\$msg'
let's see if it works !
+mgc
EOT

echo "msg: $msg"
fi 

echo
echo check the shell that is run :
echo 0: $0
ps -$$
echo .

exit $?
true; # $Source: /my/shell/scripts/read_multiline.sh $