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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting cursor positioning Post 302340996 by little_wonder on Wednesday 5th of August 2009 12:12:04 AM
Old 08-05-2009
cursor positioning

Hi All,

please help me to know how to move the cursor to the desired position?

For example, in a shell script, I am displaying
echo "\t Enter your Name:"

please help me how to move cursor near the first word.

for example, if the output is as below
Enter your name:
(I want the cursor to be blinking here)

I have tried tput command. please help me..

Thankyou all in advance... Smilie
 

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curs_move(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      curs_move(3)

NAME
curs_move, move, wmove - Move the Curses window cursor SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h> int move( int y, int x ); int wmove( WINDOW *win, int y, int x ); LIBRARY
Curses Library (libcurses) STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: move, wmove: XCURSES4.2 Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. DESCRIPTION
These routines move the cursor associated with the Curses window to line y and column x. They do not move the physical cursor of the ter- minal until refresh is called. The specified position is relative to (0,0), which is the upper left-hand corner of the window. NOTES
The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header file <stdio.h>. Note that move may be a macro. RETURN VALUES
These routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK upon successful completion. SEE ALSO
Functions: curses(3), curs_refresh(3) Others: standards(5) curs_move(3)
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