read -e bug

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

This is nothing new; it happens in all versions of bash:

printf "Enter something: "
read -e whatever

Press a key, then cursor left (or ^A); the cursor moves to the
beginning of the line, over "E" instead of over the character just
entered.

-- 
   Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster         <http://woodbine-gerrard.com>
   ===================================================================
   Author:
   Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)