SomajitDey/multiline_read.bash

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UI to input long logical lines that occupy multiple terminal lines through wrapping

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multiline_read.bash

while num=$(read -re -p "type: "|& tee /dev/tty|fold -w "$(tput cols)"|wc -l); do tput cuu $num;tput ed; done

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