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native console apps from #!/bin/sh scripts


I can run native console apps from a console in a cygwin shell fine,
however, for some reason they don't work correctly from a #!/bin/sh script.

E.g., for activestate perl:

TERM=dumb /c/Perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell

run from zsh prompt works correctly with readline support.

Now if I put that in a script:

#!/bin/sh

TERM=dumb /c/Perl/bin/perl -MCPAN -e shell

then when I run the script the readline support is disabled for some reason.

What are differences in environment in a script as opposed to the
regular prompt that would cause this? And is there a workaround?

Does it have something to do with STDIN redirection away from the console?

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