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a thing · Dec 9th, 2006, 4:12 AM

I want to read stdin and put it in array foo, but I don't want to bring up the prompt if stdin is empty, like

read -a foo

does. If "-t 0" is passed to read, then it doesn't put stdin into $foo when there's actually something in stdin.

Dec 9th, 2006, 4:12 AM	#1
a thing Unverified User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: none Posts: 146 Rep Power: 0	reading stdin I want to read stdin and put it in array foo, but I don't want to bring up the prompt if stdin is empty, like (Toggle Plain Text) read -a foo read -a foo does. If "-t 0" is passed to read, then it doesn't put stdin into $foo when there's actually something in stdin. __________________ Warning: My posts may change (dramatically) within the first 15 minutes they're posted. Got 'Nux?�GNU/Linux and other free software support. It's GNU/Linux, not just Linux.