[gentoo-user] Re: Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 2017-07-29 18:48, Grant Edwards wrote:

> > PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): '
> > read -p $PROMPT device
>
> Nit: that doesn't work quite right either.  It should be
>
>  PROMPT='Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): '
>  read -p "$PROMPT" device
>
> or
>
>  read -p 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device

Correct.  All my scripts run with IFS='' so for me it does work ;-)

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