Re: problems with 'read'ing from a pipe

"John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > echo foo | read VAR > echo $VAR See entry E4 in the bash FAQ: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ paul

complete-into-braces incorrect when using localized sorting

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problems with 'read'ing from a pipe

Hi, I was running into some unexpected behavior with bash and reading from a pipeline, and am starting to wonder if im running into a bug or whether im just doing something wrong. For example, if I type the following : echo foo | read VAR echo $VAR I would expect the the variable named VAR to

Re: Fwd: Problem with bash completion

On 2008-03-13, Eric Blake wrote: > > This was originally reported on the cygwin lists; it is still present in > stock bash 3.2.33. > > - - > > From: David Rothenberger > Subject: Problem with bash completion > > Sometimes bash gets confused and starts adding a slash at the end of > files when I

fc edit gets last command count wrong

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