Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 04:36:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Salihin <odhienx@arwana.untan.ac.id> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>, "[FreeBSD-Questions-List] (E-post)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: press any key to continue in sh Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912200434190.2209-100000@arwana.untan.ac.id> In-Reply-To: <19991220201936.B1558@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Dan Larsson wrote:
>
> > How do I best produce a 'press any key to continue' prompt in sh?
>
> Try this:
>
> echo "Press any key to continue..."
> perl -e 'system("stty", "cbreak"); getc(STDIN); system("stty", "-cbreak");'
>
or...
/bin/sh -c "read -p \"Press CTRL+C to abort and ENTER to continue !\" _e"
^^^^^^
shell :-)
-salam-
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