From f1b7181e155a551022004902e215a8322b72f0be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Venelin <venelin98@abv.bg>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 00:25:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix bug when read would return -1

---
 src/commands.inl | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands.inl b/src/commands.inl
index fd9ebad..1e83b6f 100644
--- a/src/commands.inl
+++ b/src/commands.inl
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ inline std::string $(const PendingCmd& cmd)
 		output.resize(output.size() + PIPE_BUF);   // todo: check if we are overallocating
 
 		read_count = read(p.out, &output[i], PIPE_BUF);  // todo: check errno
-		i += read_count;
+		if(read_count > 0)
+			i += read_count;
 	}
 	while(read_count > 0);
 	// p finished?
-	output.erase(i, output.size() - i);
+	output.erase(i, output.size() - i); // erase the extra elements
 	return output;
 }