Re: sh(1) read: add LINE_MAX safeguard and "-n" option

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>>>             If the -r option not was given, and the two character sequence `\'
>>                               ^^^^^^^                             ^
>>                               was not                             s

> But for the 's', no, English is just weird for things like that.

Yeah.  When you're using a count noun with a number as a compound
adjective, it uses the singular form of the noun, even if the
number-plus-noun as a compound noun would use the plural form.  "Two
characters", but "two-character sequence" (written, above, without the
dash; I'm including the dash because I think it's clearer that way).
Similarly, "three cars", but "a three-car garage"; "this keyboard has
94 keys" but "this is a 94-key keyboard".

I have no idea why, except "history".

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