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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.use...@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: bash typewriter simulator
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"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2012-10-11, Aaron W. Hsu wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:06:27 -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson  
>><cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>    The original script was designed to be a "typewriter" that accepted no
>>>    editing. That needs nothing more than:
>>>
>>> printf "Enter file name: "
>>> read file
>>> echo "Press ^D to quit"
>>> cat > "$file"
>>
>> On most systems, that will still allow for line editing, unless you  
>> explicitly disable it.
>
>    I haven't seen a system where it allows any editing other than backspacing
>    and deleting the previous character.

My Linux system also allows me to erase a word and to kill the whole
line.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.