Re: Stupid shell script question about "read"

Hi, Kevin. I don't have a solution, but I found that interesting, so did some experiments: $ bash --version bash --version GNU bash, version 3.1.0(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ echo foo | read a; echo $a returns empty variable a whole lot of

solved - Re: Where has the plain acute character gone

Hi, Jan! Thank you for your kind help. It pointed me into the right direction, and so I'm posting this as a follow up + solution for the list: When I press the number sign/apostrophe key, which on my German keyboard is left to Enter, has # and (with shift) ' printed on it, xev: keycode 51 "numb

Where has the plain acute character gone

Hello. I'm using Debian 3.1 in an, until recently, regularly updated system, in Germany. I am desperately trying to make bash (or xterm or konsole using bash) display an "acute" (034, b54 or so) character. In ancient times, one could display such a character using the acute key, and then the sp