> Mucking about with IFS is not smart, as I said in my last message. > Have a look at read's -d option, which will get you where you want to > go. > I have checked: man bash The online bash reference manual http://gnu.senet.com.au/bash-2.01/bashref.html#SEC17 My bash O'Reilly book My Unix in a nutshell book My Linux in a nutshell book
None of them mention the -d option in read. Joel _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
