diff --git a/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp b/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
index 7e2c133..780e1f2 100644
--- a/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
+++ b/MiniScript-cpp/src/ShellIntrinsics.cpp
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ static IntrinsicResult intrinsic_readLines(Context *context, IntrinsicResult par
 			partialLine = String(&buf[lineStart], bytesRead - lineStart);
 		}
 	}
+	if (!partialLine.empty()) list.Add(partialLine);
 	fclose(handle);
 	return IntrinsicResult(list);
 }