Hi Robert, On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Robert Abel wrote: > So reading a dummy variable along with the actual content variable > works for git-prompt: > > __git_eread () > { > local f="$1" > local dummy > shift > test -r "$f" && IFS=$'\r\n' read "$@" dummy < "$f" > } > > I feel like this would be the most readable solution thus far. Hmm. I am just a little concerned about "dummy" swallowing the rest of the line, e.g. when reading "1 2 3" via `__git_eread line`... the way I read it, dummy would consume "2 3" and line would *not* receive "1 2 3" but only "1"... Ciao, Johannes