On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 05:07:18PM +0100, Philippe Torche wrote: > Nope, > > read from bash don't reconize control caracters without -e parameter: > $ read _cygwin > Ntser[Backspace]c > $ echo $_cygwin | od -t x1 > 0000000 6e 74 73 65 72 08 63 0a > 0000010 > > BUT OK with "-e" > > $ read -e _cygwin > Ntser[Backspace]c > $ echo $_cygwin | od -t x1 > 0000000 6e 74 73 65 63 0a > 0000006
Erm... when I use bash, read always recognizes the backspace correctly. *dig dig dig* Even better, when using /bin/sh (ash), I don't have your above problem either. I can change the string and no control code shows up in the variable's value. What's different on your machine? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
