Public bug reported:
This should timeout after 2 seconds (based on bash man page) but it doesn't:
#read -t 2 test
(waits infinitely, only terminates after pressing [enter] or ctrl-C, etc..)
bash --version:
GNU bash, version 4.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Installed bash package version:
4.2-2ubuntu2.1
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Release: 12.04
** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bash read timeout
** Package changed: xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => bash (Ubuntu)
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Title:
bash built-in read timeout (-t) doesn't work
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