read doesn't read the second time

[Tony Pires]

Try this:

#! /bin/sh
echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer
echo -e "enter yes/no: \c"; read answer; echo $answer

At 12:06 PM 9/21/98 -0700, you wrote:
>This script fails to wait for the second number to be input:
>
>read -p "enter number: " num1
>read -p "enter another number: " num2
>echo "done"
>
>

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