I would like to see read's -d option expanded to accept a string of characters, any one of which would terminate input. The character which terminates input should be stored in a variable, e.g., $REPLY_END.
-- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
