pause needed for corn shell

dennysavard · #1 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007

I need a user pause for a script file, like the pause command in dos. please help I thought it was the corn shell it is csh.

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007

It called the korn shell. How about this...

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ksh

function pause
{
typeset savesetting result
print -n "Hit any key to continue..."
savesetting=$(stty -g)
stty -icanon min 1 time 0
result=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null)
stty "$savesetting"
echo
}



echo one
pause
echo two
exit 0

fpmurphy · #3 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007

The following is one way of doing it

Code:

read prompt?'Press any key to continue .....'

benlutgens · #4 (**permalink**) 12-08-2007

you can 'sleep' for specified amount of time as well,
"man sleep" for details.

zedex · #5 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007

@perderabo

can u explain little bit of the pause function u have written.

Perderabo · #6 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007

It displays:
Hit any key to continue...
then it waits until the user types a key. I looked up the pause command and the docs said that this is what it does. And I just noticed that the OP has edited his first post and now says this is csh. Well sorry, but I'm not a csh guy.

fpmurphy · #7 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007

Try this

Code:

#!/bin/csh
/bin/echo "Press any key to continue .....\c"
set dummy = $<

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