General :: Make Shell Script Wait For A Particular Key Pressed In Order To Proceed?
Jan 30, 2010
i've been searching all over the internet for a way to let the user press a particular key let's say 'y' without the user having to press [Enter] as confirmationfor yes, this would then run another function.
Quote:
Book Inventory Summary Report:-
Title, Author, Price
______________________________
StarWars EP1, G.Lucas, $49.59
Harry Potter, Rowling, $45.98
The Matrix, Mr. Smith, $53.98
Press 'y' to make a copy of this result into a file or 'n' to return to the main menu.. I understand the "press any key to continue" would go something like
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read -sn 1 -p "Press any key to continue.." But i try many different ways of getting the "press a particular key" function, and none of them works.
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here is my stuff i did.
CACHE START AND STOP SCRIPT FOR REDHAT
#vi /home/cacheusr/cache_ctrl
Insert below
#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/cache_ctrl
# Cashier Control Script
#
# chkconfig: 2345 55 01
code....
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Code:
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[code]...
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Examples:
Code:
$ ./test.sh -a -c 2
operator is -gt
remcount is
^ value missing!
Code:
$ ./test.sh -b -c 2
operator is -lt
remcount is
^ value missing!
Yet when "-c" is the first argument, its value is present:
Code:
$ ./test.sh -c 2 -b
operator is -lt
remcount is 2
What could I do to ensure the value of "-c" is picked up regardless of the argument order?
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3. Copy Images
4. Arch
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1
yes
n
64
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Quote:
#What needs to be built to make all files and dependencies
clean:
# End of Makefile
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Code:
ftp wsbeorchids.org.uk
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Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.222.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
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