Re: Bash "bug" - in "read -e -r var"

[Dan Douglas]

On Monday, December 15, 2014 10:47:29 AM Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 12/15/14, 7:11 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
>
> > I'm generally interested in what read with (or without) -r combined with -e
> > even means.
>
> I'm not sure what you're driving at.  The -e option says how to read the
> line; the -r option affects how the characters are processed after being
> read.
>

Ah ok I thought -e basically negated the effect of -r for some reason but I
guess not (like you can still use \ to escape line continuations without -r it
seems). Long ago I assumed "read <<<str" was equivalent to "read -r <<<$'str'"
based upon what the manual says.

BTW I like how "show-mode-in-prompt On" together with "read -ep prompt" shows
the indicator. That's a nice touch.
--
Dan Douglas