Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:52:07 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: chris@calldei.com, Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/13274: /bin/sh 'read' command does not work correctly Message-ID: <73542.935506327@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "24 Aug 1999 16:33:34 %2B0200." <kqogfxz1s1.fsf@zabagek.ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
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On 24 Aug 1999 16:33:34 +0200, Thomas Gellekum wrote: > .Pp > -The -e option causes any backslashes in the input to > -be treated specially. If a backslash is followed by > -a newline, the backslash and the newline will be > -deleted. If a backslash is followed by any other > -character, the backslash will be deleted and the following > -character will be treated as though it were > -not in IFS, even if it is. > +The -e option is deprecated and only here for backward compatibility. > +.Pp > +The -r option causes backslashes in the input to be treated > +like ordinary characters. This doesn't help the poor bastard who'd like to know what happens if he _doesn't_ specify -r. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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