Phil Endecott wrote:
> Dear Bash and Readline Experts,
>
> I have a simple shell script that reads user commands in a loop using
> "read -e". -e enables readline, but not its history feature. Is there
> any way to get readline history with bash's read builtin?
Sure. You can do it entirely with
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:11:58AM +0100, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Dear Bash and Readline Experts,
>
> I have a simple shell script that reads user commands in a loop using
> "read -e". -e enables readline, but not its history feature. Is there
> any way to get readline history with bash's read bu
On 2007-08-31, Phil Endecott wrote:
> Dear Bash and Readline Experts,
>
> I have a simple shell script that reads user commands in a loop using
> "read -e". -e enables readline, but not its history feature. Is there
> any way to get readline history with bash's read builtin?
>
> I wouldn't want t
I recently submitted this e-mail but found that by using the eval command,
and adding a slash (\) before the quotation mark fixed everything.
Disregard the question below.
>
> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble running a command in a shell script that runs without
> a problem on the command line. Consid
Hi,
I am having trouble running a command in a shell script that runs without
a problem on the command line. Consider the following script:
#!/bin/bash
entry="/cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/arroyoa/Desktop"
exclude=
