From 01cb49ff905e4f33f0b251c06df4b15da3a722c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dillon Flamand <dflamand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 22:30:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Expand on "here document"

The here document description was poor, add a bit of detail, a small example, and a link for more information.
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 README.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79bb735..a36d3a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ Notes:
 }
 ```
 
-- Know about "here documents" in Bash, as in `cat <<EOF ...`.
+- A "here document" is a code structure that is treated as if it were a separate file. They can be used to feed multiple lines into a command. Consider reading more about ["here documents"](https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html). A simple example is:
+```
+cat << EOF
+These lines will
+print to stdout
+EOF
+```
 
 - In Bash, redirect both standard output and standard error via: `some-command >logfile 2>&1` or `some-command &>logfile`. Often, to ensure a command does not leave an open file handle to standard input, tying it to the terminal you are in, it is also good practice to add `</dev/null`.