Re: AW: Re: read command sometimes misses newline on timeout

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/7/24 9:49 AM, Thomas Oettli wrote:
> I agree with you, but it should never happen that read returns timeout, 
> also returns the full line and has already read the newline character.

I don't see how that can happen, given how the code is structured. It's
possible for the shell to read all the data on the line and time out before
reading the newline, returning the text of the line. The next read
reads only a newline, and returns the empty string. But I can't see
how that can reproduce your results.

> Please also see the answer from Martin D Kealey, I think he is on to something:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2024-10/msg00007.html <https:// 
> lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2024-10/msg00007.html>

Thanks, I'll look.

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