improve clarity

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/rpc.bash b/src/rpc.bash
index 5e39851..cceadec 100644
--- a/src/rpc.bash
+++ b/src/rpc.bash
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ remote_run_function_notty()
                                 "$@"
 }
 
+read_stdin()
+{
+        REPLY=
+        read -r -N2147483647 || [ "$REPLY" ]
+}
+
 remote_run_function_tty()
 {
         main=$1
@@ -125,10 +131,12 @@ remote_run_function_tty()
         (
                 TERM="$stage2_source"
                 export TERM
-                read -r bashcode <<'END'
-:; rpc=$TERM; TERM=screen; source <(printf '%s' "$rpc")
+                read_stdin <<'END'
+                        rpc=$TERM
+                        TERM=screen
+                        source <(printf '%s' "$rpc")
 END
-                exec ssh localhost -t -- bash -c "${bashcode@Q}" bash "$@"
+                exec ssh localhost -t -- bash -c "${REPLY@Q}" bash "$@"
         )
 }