03-30-2009
equivalent of backspace in ksh
Hello All,
What would be the equivalent of backspace key in the korn shell.
My scenario is: I am trying to install a product..and it comes out with a Licence Agreement screen, When I manually enter backspace key..I am able to get out of the whole agreement message to a point to type Agree A) or Disagree D).
How is this acomplised while using korn shell....
thanks people.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there an equivalent perl statement for the following ksh statement ?
example
if
then
...
else
...
fi (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gefa
2 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
I need to stop printing a new line after echoing a string in KSH. i know bash provides
echo -n "string"
what is the ksh equivalent for this ? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mudhireddy
3 Replies
3. Solaris
Hi
In solaris if i have to delete something from shell i need to use ctrl+H, coz if i use backspace it shows ^?. Can any one please tell me how to set backspace key so that i can delete any character directly instead of using Ctrl+h.
Second Q is like in linux for going to recent command, i... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: sarbjit
10 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I am using a script which is as follows: It reads a character.
I want to check if the character is a backspace character or some other character.
read -n 1 x
if ; then
echo "backspace detected"
else
echo "some other character"
fi
Thanks in advance. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: anandkumar
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I always find BASH easier than ksh. At my home, i have written this bash script. I am finding it hard to write its equivalent in ksh, any suggestions?
######################################
#return seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: boy18nj
1 Replies
6. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
Hi gurus, i use vi editor. when I want search something I Type / (or ? if i want search backward), that is OK.
But when i make mistake in searching string how can i delete character ?
I tried bacskpase but did not work (gives just strange characters).
Also tried shift+bacskspace but this only... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: wakatana
3 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
In csh I am using >&. What is the equivalent in ksh??
>& - redirect stdout and stderr (csh,tcsh) (18 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
18 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
What is the korn shell equivalent of bash shell's "history -c" command?
I do know, how to clear the history list in ksh, I can do the following:
> ~/.sh_historybut still, I am interested to know the single one line command as 'history -c' gives error on my ksh (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: royalibrahim
1 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
In Ksh to check if file exists and is non zero ..
if ;
then
echo "Error $FILE does not exists!"
else
echo "$FILE found!"
fi
Cant seem to find the Expect equivalent ....
Any help is greatly appreciated. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: popeye
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ive been trying to move to Perl. It has been a struggle.
My question is, is there a good resource that explains nesting statements.
As an example.
To change
primary
Factory CTS 1.9.0(46) P1
*Slot 1 CTS 1.10.2(42) P1
To
primary *Slot 1 CTS 1.10.2(42) P1
... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: popeye
5 Replies
LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
platform::shell
platform::shell(n) Tcl Bundled Packages platform::shell(n)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
platform::shell - System identification support code and utilities
SYNOPSIS
package require platform::shell ?1.1.4?
platform::shell::generic shell
platform::shell::identify shell
platform::shell::platform shell
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
The platform::shell package provides several utility commands useful for the identification of the architecture of a specific Tcl shell.
This package allows the identification of the architecture of a specific Tcl shell different from the shell running the package. The only
requirement is that the other shell (identified by its path), is actually executable on the current machine.
While for most platform this means that the architecture of the interrogated shell is identical to the architecture of the running shell
this is not generally true. A counter example are all platforms which have 32 and 64 bit variants and where a 64bit system is able to run
32bit code. For these running and interrogated shell may have different 32/64 bit settings and thus different identifiers.
For applications like a code repository it is important to identify the architecture of the shell which will actually run the installed
packages, versus the architecture of the shell running the repository software.
COMMANDS
platform::shell::identify shell
This command does the same identification as platform::identify, for the specified Tcl shell, in contrast to the running shell.
platform::shell::generic shell
This command does the same identification as platform::generic, for the specified Tcl shell, in contrast to the running shell.
platform::shell::platform shell
This command returns the contents of tcl_platform(platform) for the specified Tcl shell.
KEYWORDS
operating system, cpu architecture, platform, architecture
platform::shell 1.1.4 platform::shell(n)