From: t_pires@fox.nstn.ca (Tony Pires) Subject: Re: read in sh scripts (b18) 17 Sep 1998 10:21:23 -0700 Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19980917042215.2a572ac8.cygnus.gnu-win32@fox.nstn.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Cc: Christoph Kukulies Try this: #! /bin/sh echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer I don't know why it works! At 06:00 PM 9/15/98 +0200, you wrote: > >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. > > >-- >Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de >Latest feature of Visual C++ 6.0: 'Command-line builds' - >msdev crc.dsw /MAKE "WinCRC - Win32 Debug" /Rebuild /OUT wincrc.log >Taken from: MSJ Oct 98, p. 19 -- :-O >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > > > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".