> Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
>
> > probably errornous behavior:
> >
> >
> > when using compgen to allow shortcuts (in the below example for quit and
> > exit I get a strange behavior when no input is entered and write times
> > out after 5 seconds:
> >
> > #! /bin/bash
>
Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
probably errornous behavior:
when using compgen to allow shortcuts (in the below example for quit and
exit I get a strange behavior when no input is entered and write times
out after 5 seconds:
#! /bin/bash
read -p "timeout 5 > " -t 5 FOO
HI !
problem: compgen assigns first option on receiving an empty string as
input (i.e. by read -t 5 VAR timing out)
systems and OS:
X86 (Duron and Sempron)
Debian etch:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/shell$ uname -a
Linux backup 2.6.18-hpt374 #4 SMP Thu Mar 20 00:07:28 CET 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
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