On 2005-06-07, ray <nospam@example.com> wrote:
> simple question...
>
> cat << EOF
> foo
> bar
> EOF
>
> echos foo and bar...
>
> The question is - is that the shell (bash) or ??? that supports that
> function?

Yes, bash and other scripting languages. Here's some good info:

http://linuxcommand.org/wss0030.php

nb