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A small problem in Shell Scripts while using the built-in "read" function -- Options not recognised



 Hi everybody!

         I'm using bash 2.05.0(8)-release on win98. I'm confronting a small
problem in shell scripts execution while using the built-in "read" function.



But the same script executes smoothly when I run this code on the command
line.

I'm using a script

	echo "Give me a character: "
	read -n1 char
	
	echo "character read is $char"

The problem is that the bash is treating the options (-n -p -d etc) as
invalid Options for "read". 
And the subsequent lines are executed in sequence.

If I use          ----->  read -n1 char
I get the errro ---->  read: Illegal option -n

If I use          ----->  read -p "Give me something:" -n1 char
I get the errro ---->  read: Illegal option -p

If I use          ----->  read -d. char
I get the errro ---->  read: Illegal option -d

If I use          ----->  read -d. -p "Give me something: " char
I get the errro ---->  read: Illegal option -d

If I use          ----->  read -p "Give me something: " -d. char
I get the errro ---->  read: Illegal option -p


Also other options ( -d, -p etc) are not being recognised.


But the same script executes smoothly when I run this code on the command
line.

Any Insight regarding the topic is welcome.

Warm Regards
Suren

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