Works fine here.
[jack@felix jack]$ bash --help
GNU bash, version 2.04.12(1)-release-(i586-mandrake-linux-gnu)
Is there a newer slackware package?
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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:
>
> -----
>
> 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:~$
>
> -----
>
> 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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