From: ARichard@stark.cc.oh.us ("Richardson,Anthony") Subject: RE: Extra newline with bash read? 2 Jun 1997 18:36:54 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199706021550.LAA18869.cygnus.gnu-win32@dialup.oar.net> Original-To: Fabio Original-Cc: "'Gnu-Win32 List'" X-Mailer: Worldtalk (NetConnex V4.00)/MIME Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.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. I tried that. It doesn't work for me either. What do I need to do? A workaround would be fine. Tony Richardson - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".