My best guess is that some internal commands are not reenterant.

[root]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I.  
-I/home/swt/doko/export/packages/bash/bash-2.03 
-I/home/swt/doko/export/packages/bash/bash-2.03/lib -I/usr/include -g -O2
uname output: Linux c1172167-c.provo1.ut.home.com 2.2.19-usta5 #14 SMP Mon Jul 
16 12:59:26 MDT 2001 i686 unknown
Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.03
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        internal commandline functions not reenterant??
        To the best of my understanding, I'm not sure if I broke some kind
        of coding suggestion etc, or what.  So this may be more of a question
        or a feature request then anything else.  I've read the bash
        documentation in the past, and as I recall, internal commands have
        their quirks. (esp wait, which it a $%*@$( to work around!)     

Repeat-by:
        In its simplest form:

        echo bar | read foo ; echo $foo
        
        bar is not echoed.

        In my real world script:
        echo "$val3" | urlencode | read val3
fix:
        I'm not conserned about a fix, I have a handfull of otherways to
        solve this... :)

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Keep on GNU'n!


-Scott