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 <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
