On Thu, 28 May 2009, Chet Ramey wrote: > > > > This is nothing new; it happens in all versions of bash: > > > > printf "Enter something: " > > read -e whatever > > > > Press a key, then cursor left (or ^A); the cursor moves to the > > beginning of the line, over "E" instead of over the character just > > entered. > > This isn't a bug; that's where readline thinks the cursor is.
Why would it think that? It's wrong. > If you want to use a prompt, use `read -p'. I like to write portable scripts; read -p is not portable. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
