strange <<EOF behavior

[Muhali]

The following behavior is what I would expect:

%> octave -q --eval '' <<EOF
disp(e) ;
EOF
 2.7183
%> 

When I change the eval-command to '#' I get nothing, however:

%> octave -q --eval '#' <<EOF
disp(e) ;
EOF
%> 

Is this supposed to be normal behavior?

M.

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