[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 8
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> if "read -n" is used to read control character input from
> a tty, it will miscount the input characters by a factor
> of two.
Thanks for the report. The bug still exists in the current release,
but it's an easy fix.
Note that this happens only for ^A, not any control character. The
shell uses ^A for internal quoting, and has to treat it specially on
input. That's the reason for the doubled counts.
Chet
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