On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 01:17:27PM -0800, Tom Eastep scribbled:
> Thus spoke David Douthitt:
> > I don't know. That "-t" option sure is missing alright: doesn't exist
> > in pdksh, tcsh, bash, or ash. You sure it exists? :-)
> >
> > What is it?
>
> It exists in bash
>
> -t <seconds>
>
> Causes the read to terminate after <seconds> seconds...
Tom, thanks for coming to my rescue here, I had no proof to
back it up, and I didn't think you were reading this list.
:)
However, I feel bad that I have to do this to you:
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cow:~$ bash --help
GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release-(i386-slackware-linux-gnu)
Usage: bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
GNU long options:
--debug
--dump-po-strings
--dump-strings
--help
--login
--noediting
--noprofile
--norc
--posix
--rcfile
--restricted
--verbose
--version
--wordexp
Shell options:
-irsD or -c command (invocation only)
-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP or -o option
Type ash -c "help set"' for more information about shell options.
Type ash -c help' for more information about shell builtin commands.
Use the ashbug' command to report bugs.
cow:~$ bash
cow:~$ read -t 5 moocow
bash: read: illegal option: -t
read: usage: read [-r] [-p prompt] [-a array] [-e] [name ...]
cow:~$
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There's a transcript of my attempt to use read -t, including
bash version info and added whitespace for readability.
What bash version does it exist in, and on what distribution
is that bash shipped?
> -Tom
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