From: t_pires AT fox DOT nstn DOT ca (Tony Pires)
Subject: Re: read doesn't read the second time
24 Sep 1998 03:27:45 -0700
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To: "Steve Kirsch" <stk AT infoseek DOT com>
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Try this:

#! /bin/sh
echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer
echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer

At 12:06 PM 9/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
>This script fails to wait for the second number to be input:
>
>read -p "enter number: " num1
>read -p "enter another number: " num2
>echo "done"
>
>

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