Sorry but, The doc of bash explains this behavior (help read). You can experiment the same think on Redhat per exemple. And don't forget to use "echo $_cygwin | od -t x1" to show what is stored in the variable.
Have a nice cygweek, Philippe. > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > De la part de Corinna Vinschen > Envoyé : vendredi, 31. octobre 2003 18:24 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Testers for new ssh-*-config scripts wanted! > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 05:07:18PM +0100, Philippe Torche wrote: > > Nope, > > > > read from bash don't reconize control caracters without -e > parameter: > > $ read _cygwin > > Ntser[Backspace]c > > $ echo $_cygwin | od -t x1 > > 0000000 6e 74 73 65 72 08 63 0a > > 0000010 > > > > BUT OK with "-e" > > > > $ read -e _cygwin > > Ntser[Backspace]c > > $ echo $_cygwin | od -t x1 > > 0000000 6e 74 73 65 63 0a > > 0000006 > > Erm... when I use bash, read always recognizes the backspace > correctly. > *dig dig dig* > Even better, when using /bin/sh (ash), I don't have your > above problem either. I can change the string and no control > code shows up in the variable's value. What's different on > your machine? Nothing ! > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails > regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/