Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:04:06 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net> Cc: "[FreeBSD-Questions-List] (E-post)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: press any key to continue in sh Message-ID: <19991220190406.B322@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <01BF4B21.FD8A5A90.dl@tyfon.net> References: <01BF4B21.FD8A5A90.dl@tyfon.net>
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On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 07:39:53PM +0100, Dan Larsson wrote:
> How do I best produce a 'press any key to continue' prompt in sh?
>
Try this:
#!/bin/sh
echo Press any key to continue
read answer
echo Continued!
The only limitation is that you have to press RETURN after "any key"
(unless "any key" happens to be RETURN ;) ). I'm not sure of a way of
doing it without having to press RETURN in sh(1).
HTH
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