How do you pipe after a here document

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From: afsipmh
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 20:15

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 I want to do something like the following:

#! /bin/sh
cat <<END
I,ve got
a lovely
bunch of coconuts
END 
| grep coconuts

The above doesn't work so how can I do it?
-- 
Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         2121 N. Service Rd.        % rm God
phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca     Dorval,Quebec              rm: God non-existent
Environment Canada         CANADA           H9P1J3

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Subject: How do you pipe after a here document
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