From: tage DOT westlund AT stockholm DOT mail DOT telia DOT com (Tage Westlund)
Subject: Re: Another newbie Bash question
30 Oct 1997 16:48:06 -0800
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John Mamer wrote:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> echo -n "First variable: "
> read VAR1
> echo -n "Secnd variable: "
>
> it reads the first variable, and then skips
> through the second two reads.
> Is there some way to flush the keyboard buffer between
> reads?

To John!
There is a simple "flush":

echo -n First variable:
read VAR1; read 
echo -n Secnd variable:
read VAR2; read
echo -n Third variable:
read VAR3; read
echo "The variables were: $VAR1 $VAR2 $VAR3"

Tage

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