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I keep getting this error, do you guys know what is wrong?

rapache is an alias for restart apache

mugbear:/usr/bin# cat /usr/bin/mkdomain                                         
if [ -d "/srv/www/$1" ]; then
        echo "Domain $1 already exists!"
else
        mkdir -p /srv/www/$1/public_html
        mkdir -p /srv/www/$1/logs
        cat >> /etc/apache2/sites-available/"$1" << EOF
        <VirtualHost removed:80>
                ServerAdmin support@$1
                ServerName $1
                ServerAlias www.$1
                        DocumentRoot /srv/www/$1/public_html/
                ErrorLog /srv/www/$1/logs/error.log
                CustomLog /srv/www/$1/logs/access.log combined
        </VirtualHost>
        EOF
        a2ensite $1
    rapache
fi
mugbear:/usr/bin# mkdomain test.com                                        
/usr/bin/mkdomain: line 19: syntax error: unexpected end of file
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Your heredoc never ends since the terminator is not at the beginning of the line.

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I don't see a terminator in the other answer: serverfault.com/questions/196557/… Could you show me me an example? Also, I cannot seem to find a manual on EOF. – Doug Oct 31 '10 at 5:33
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The EOF must be the only thing on the line. No spaces before, and none after. And you want to find a manual for <<, not EOF. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 31 '10 at 5:35
Ahh. I see, it looks weird without the indentation, but it works. Thakns! – Doug Oct 31 '10 at 5:38
Generally heredocs are not indented. It's understood that they're not really part of the script. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 31 '10 at 5:40
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someFile <<EOF
...
EOF

works

    someFile <<EOF
    ...
    EOF

will not work

    someFile <<-EOF
    ...
    EOF

works

See 'man bash' and the Bash Reference Manual, section "3.6.6 Here Documents" for details on <<-EOF. Note that the indentation of the heredoc terminator must be done using tabs, not spaces.

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Good point re: <<-EOF. I fixed your formatting and added the detail about tabs for you. – MikeyB Mar 24 '11 at 16:43
+1 for mentioning <<-EOF. Also see Bash Reference Manual, section "3.6.6 Here Documents" for an explanation. I added some links to your answer. – Stefan Lasiewski Mar 24 '11 at 16:58
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