If I have a shell script which reads a file which does not have an end of line character at the end if it's only line, it does not read anything. For example: ,---- | #!/bin/sh || fileName="test.xml" | retVal="Z" || exec 10<&0 | exec < $fileName | while read configLine | do | retVal="A" | done | exec 0<&10 10<&- || echo $retVal || exit 0 `---- If it's expected behaviour, what's the workaround? -- Gary Please do NOT send me 'courtesy' replies off-list. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple