Subject: Re: read doesn't read the second time
From: [email-masked] (Larry Hall RFK Partners Inc)

23 Sep 1998 03:06:13 -0700
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To: "Steve Kirsch" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>

At 12:06 PM 9/21/98 -0700, Steve Kirsch wrote: 

>>>>

<excerpt><smaller>This script fails to wait for the second number to be
input:

</smaller>  

<smaller>read -p "enter number: " num1

read -p "enter another number: " num2

echo "done"

</smaller>

</excerpt><<<<<<<<

This is a well-known bug that should be in the FAQ by now (especially
because

it comes up every few weeks!)  I believe the current work-around is to
use 

CTRL-J rather than enter at the end of the user input...

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