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Old 03-14-2008, 07:30 PM   #1
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Bash input question

I'm using the read command for input in one of my scripts. Ex.

read -n 200

Problem is when someone (myself) fat-fingers the input I can backspace and make any corrections.

Is there a better/smarter way to get input?

Thanks!
 
Old 03-14-2008, 07:45 PM   #2
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Try read -e
 
Old 03-14-2008, 08:02 PM   #3
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Spiffy,

Thanks a bunch!
 
  


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