Re: ``read -N n'' removes leading "\n"s

On 11/24/16 3:08 AM, Clark Wang wrote: > See following example: > > [STEP 100] # echo $BASH_VERSION > 4.4.5(2)-release > [STEP 101] # read -N 5 v > abcd > [STEP 102] # printf '%q\n' "$v" > $'abcd\n' > [STEP 103] # read -N 5 v > > > abc[STEP 104] # printf '%q\n' "$v" > abc > [STEP 105] # > > The

``read -N n'' removes leading "\n"s

See following example: [STEP 100] # echo $BASH_VERSION 4.4.5(2)-release [STEP 101] # read -N 5 v abcd [STEP 102] # printf '%q\n' "$v" $'abcd\n' [STEP 103] # read -N 5 v abc[STEP 104] # printf '%q\n' "$v" abc [STEP 105] # The second read did not return the leading "\n"s. According to the manual