read -e bug

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. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster

Re: bash script error in array definition.

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 03:33:10AM -0700, straygrey wrote: > Please tell me what is wrong with the following line that I have in a bash > script:- > [code] > TODAYDATE=`date +"%Y%m%d"` > declare -a FiLeS=( $TODAYDATE.TeleformDB.tar.bz2 > $TODAYDATE.TeleformDB2.tar.bz2 ) > [/code] > When I run it I

bash script error in array definition.

Please tell me what is wrong with the following line that I have in a bash script:- [code] TODAYDATE=`date +"%Y%m%d"` declare -a FiLeS=( $TODAYDATE.TeleformDB.tar.bz2 $TODAYDATE.TeleformDB2.tar.bz2 ) [/code] When I run it I get:- Syntax error: "(" unexpected -- View this message in context: htt