From: wayne@clari.net (Wayne Davison) Subject: Bash bug wth read 26 Jan 1997 13:33:54 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <01BC0B86.D4EA9D80.cygnus.gnu-win32@wayned.sc.scruznet.com> Original-To: "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" Encoding: 32 TEXT Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Is anyone else having trouble with "read" in a /bin/sh script? The code is apparently reading extra newlines. When the script starts it will skip three prompts, and then one each time after that. For instance, the script: #!/bin/sh echo -n "one: " read ask echo -n "two: " read ask echo -n "three: " read ask echo -n "four: " read ask echo -n "five: " read ask echo -n "six: " read ask echo -n "seven: " read ask echo -n "eight: " read ask echo done Runs like this: one: two: three: four: [User presses return] five: six: [User presses return] seven: eight: [User presses return] done - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".