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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:35:01 -0500
From:	"Jerry D. Hedden" <jdhedden AT cpan DOT org>
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Subject:	'read -p' in ash
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According to its man page, 'ash' supports the '-p' option on 'read'.
However, the following:

#!/bin/ash
read -p'Hit <CR> to exit: ' x

produces:

read: Illegal option -p

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

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