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diff /etc/hosts <(ssh somehost cat /etc/hosts)
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- When writing scripts you may want to put all of your code in curly braces:
```sh
- When writing scripts you may want to put all of your code in curly braces. If the closing brace is missing, your script will be prevented from executing due to a syntax error. This makes sense when your script is going to be downloaded from the web, since it prevents partially downloaded scripts from executing:
```bash
{
# Your code here
}
```
If the closing brace is missing, your script will be prevented from executing due to a syntax error. This makes sense when your script is going to be downloaded from the web, since it prevents partially downloaded scripts from executing.
- Know about "here documents" in Bash, as in `cat <<EOF ...`.