Re: FAQ E4

2008-04-26 Thread Maximillian Murphy
Am 26 Apr 2008 um 21:49 schrieb Chet Ramey: Maximillian Murphy wrote: E4) If I pipe the output of a command into `read variable', why doesn't the output show up in $variable when the read command finishes? Would it cause a great deal of upset if the last section of a pipeline ran in th

Re: FAQ E4

2008-04-26 Thread Chet Ramey
Maximillian Murphy wrote: E4) If I pipe the output of a command into `read variable', why doesn't the output show up in $variable when the read command finishes? Would it cause a great deal of upset if the last section of a pipeline ran in the current process? It could work when job contr

Re: Select menu list formatting

2008-04-26 Thread Chet Ramey
wellsj35 wrote: Hi All, I have noticed that any number larger than 10 items in my select menu list will wrap the menu. I am not sure if this is a terminal issue or it is the way the BASH select function works It's the way the bash select command works. If you'd like the menu printed one item