From: kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE (Christoph Kukulies)
Subject: read in sh scripts (b18)
16 Sep 1998 04:38:07 -0700
Message-ID: <199809151600.SAA15528.cygnus.gnu-win32@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com


While testing some shell scripts under b18 I find that

echo -n 'enter yes/no:'
read answer
echo $answer
echo -n 'enter yes/no:'
read answer
echo $answer

skips the second read.

It look too much like a FAQ to me like tty mode, buffering or 
a cr/lf issue that I can't believe it's a bug.


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