A “here document” is a method for specifying a multi-line string literal in many programming languages. Here are some examples:
Perl
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print <<"END"; MULTIPLE LINES OF TEXT HERE END |
PHP
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echo <<<EOF MULTIPLE LINES OF TEXT HERE EOF; |
Bash
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cat <<EOF MULTIPLE LINES OF TEXT HERE EOF |