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Subject: Re: 1.7.5: Bug with bash read in /etc/profile.d invocation
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Look at /etc/profile where it runs the profile.d scripts.

The scripts are run with standard input redirected to a here document
generated by a find command. That is the source of the
"/etc/profile.d/xinit.sh" you're seeing as the answer. The "read"
statement in your script is actually consuming one of the arguments
intended to be processed by the "read" in /etc/profile.

Because the scripts are sourced by the current shell your "#!" line
has no affect ("-x" isn't getting set.)

In other words, the shell is doing exactly what it has been told to
do. Don't use a read in your profile.d scripts unless you make sure to
reroute standard input back to the terminal.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:16, Garber, Dave (GE Infra, Energy, Non-GE) <> w=
rote:
> #!/usr/bin/bash -x
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo In p.sh
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0read -p "How are you today? " Ans
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo Ans is $Ans

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