From:	wayne AT clari DOT net (Wayne Davison)
Subject:	Bash bug wth read
26 Jan 1997 13:33:54 -0800 :
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Is anyone else having trouble with "read" in a /bin/sh script?  The code is 
apparently reading extra newlines.  When the script starts it will skip 
three prompts, and then one each time after that.  For instance, the 
script:

#!/bin/sh
echo -n "one: "
read ask
echo -n "two: "
read ask
echo -n "three: "
read ask
echo -n "four: "
read ask
echo -n "five: "
read ask
echo -n "six: "
read ask
echo -n "seven: "
read ask
echo -n "eight: "
read ask
echo done

Runs like this:

one: two:
three: four:		[User presses return]
five: six:			[User presses return]
seven: eight:		[User presses return]
done


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