Re: Extra newline with bash read?

[Elmet Orasson <elmet at cc dot ttu dot ee>]

On Fri, 30 May 1997, Fabio Somenzi wrote:

> >>>>> "R" == Richardson,Anthony  <ARichard@stark.cc.oh.us> 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 <CR/NL> pair?  Is there a fix?
> 
> You may want to try "C-j" instead of "Enter." It's a workaround rather
> than a fix.

I have same problem with extra newlines when executing some .exe files.
If the executed program tries to read from stdin it will get an empty line
first.

Also I cant get some special symbols in bash with my estonian keyboard.
Bash doesnt seem to support combinations like AltGr+"~" spc for "~",
AltGr+"^" spc for "^" etc. Any ideas?




Elmet Orasson
<elmet@cc.ttu.ee>

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