From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Aug 23 6:50:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B84DE15AA0 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 06:50:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id GAA63612; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 06:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 06:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908231350.GAA63612@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/13274: /bin/sh 'read' command does not work correctly Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/13274; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/13274: /bin/sh 'read' command does not work correctly Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:39:35 +0200 If you want to score OpenGroup brownie points, reverse the meaning of the -e option and call it the option -r option. The OpenGroup Single UNIX Spec offer the -r option: Do not treat a backslash character in any special way. Each backslash is considered to be part of the input line. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message