1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/oepydevshell-internal.py b/scripts/oepydevshell-internal.py
index 04621ae8a1..2f7d5d433e 100755
--- a/scripts/oepydevshell-internal.py
+++ b/scripts/oepydevshell-internal.py
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ try:
             (ready, _, _) = select.select([pty, sys.stdin], writers , [], 0)
             try:
                 if pty in ready:
-                    i = i + pty.read().decode('utf-8')
+                    readdata = pty.read()
+                    if readdata:
+                        i = i + readdata.decode('utf-8')
                 if i:
                     # Write a page at a time to avoid overflowing output 
                     # d.keys() is a good way to do that