Bash shell read error: 0: Resource temporarily unavailable

Question

When writing a bash script. Sometimes you are running a command which opens up another program such as npm, composer.. etc. But at the same time you need to use read

Answer 1

When this happens, run bash from within your bash shell, then exit it (thus returning to the original bash shell). I found a mention of this trick in https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/176 and it worked for me, seems like bash restores the STDIN state. Example:

bash> do something that exhibits the STDIN problem
bash> bash
bash> exit
bash> repeat something: STDIN problem fixed