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Re: zsh: read with timeout?



In message <9511090818.AA23545@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Sverre Slotte wrote:
>Is there a way to give the read-command (in zsh) a timeout-value? 

I don't know of any way to get zsh to do this.
I would get expect from ftp.cme.nist.gov:/pub/expect.
It's really designed to handle timeouts and make decisions
based on returned values, and..... all kinds of neat stuff.

--vin



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