From: Sweetser, Joe P. - PW Fleet (Joseph.Sweetser@ci.denver.co.us)
Date: Fri May 21 2004 - 12:27:05 EDT
OK. Got it. I think.
Read ANS < /dev/tty
Sometimes I just gotta write things down to figure 'em out!
joe
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> This should be simple, but my head is starting to hurt from hitting
> against the wall.
>
> I have a script that reads input from a file in a while loop, labels
> tapes based on the data in the file, umounts the tape after labeling,
> and prompts the user to put in another tape. The problem is the read
> command inside the while loop reads from the file (STDIN, I
> guess) and I
> want it to read from the terminal. Is there a way to make
> read do this?
> Can I use a re-direct to force it to read from the command line?
>
> ADVthanksANCE,
> joe
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