From: Fabio AT Colorado DOT EDU (Fabio Somenzi) Subject: Extra newline with bash read? 30 May 1997 23:04:41 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705310346.VAA03898.cygnus.gnu-win32@boulder.Colorado.EDU> References: <199705301343 DOT JAA06726 AT dialup DOT oar DOT net> Reply-To: Fabio AT Colorado DOT EDU X-Mailer: emacs 19.32.1 (via feedmail 5 I) Original-To: "Richardson,Anthony" Original-Cc: "'Gnu-Win32 List'" In-Reply-To: <199705301343.JAA06726@dialup.oar.net> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >>>>> "R" == Richardson,Anthony writes: R> My shell scripts that use "read" to get user input aren't working. R> Here's a simple example: R> #!/bin/sh echo -n "input a1: " read a1 echo -n "input a2: " read R> a2 echo "a1 = " $a1 echo "a2 = " $a2 R> It doesn't wait for input at "read a2" and a2 doesn't get set. Is R> the "Enter" key being read as a pair? Is there a fix? You may want to try "C-j" instead of "Enter." It's a workaround rather than a fix. Fabio -- Fabio Somenzi | Phone: 303-492-3466 University of Colorado | Fax: 303-492-2758 ECE Dept. | Email: Fabio AT Colorado DOT EDU Boulder CO 80309-0425 | WWW: http://vlsi.colorado.edu/~fabio - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".