Also - can this last part be written different? Feels monolithic sudo -u postgres bash -c "cat > /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main/recovery.conf <<- _EOF_ restore_c

Also - can this last part be written different? Feels monolithic sudo -u postgres bash -c "cat > /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main/recovery.conf <<- _EOF_ restore_command = 'env ......blahblah"