fyi: ran the script here on my rh 7.0 system #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/ksh and got the same results, the read at the end of the pipe didn't work.
-----Original Message----- From: Ferguson, Neale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: read Sorry, the -e was a hangover from some playing. I also like the b=`echo..` but was curious as to why read behaved as it did. > -----Original Message----- > the -e on the read doesn't look familiar, but my experience is with > bash/ksh/pdksh. i have run into situations where this: > > c=`echo $a | tr -d "."` > > is more reliable than: > > echo $a | tr -d "." | read -e c
