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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting read into a range of character Post 302570992 by tafazzi87 on Saturday 5th of November 2011 08:02:58 AM
Old 11-05-2011
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Originally Posted by ahamed101
I didn't quite understand your requirement! Can you illustrate with an example?... The input string and expected output...

--ahamed
if the user at the first read command insert "a" at the next iteration of while the user can insert [b-z]... if the users insert "f" the next [b-z] but without "f" and so on...
 

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has_ic(3XCURSES)					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					  has_ic(3XCURSES)

NAME
has_ic, has_il - determine insert/delete character/line capability SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> bool has_ic(void); bool has_il(void); DESCRIPTION
The has_ic() function determines whether or not the terminal has insert/delete character capability. The has_il() function determines whether or not the terminal has insert/delete line capability. RETURN VALUES
The has_ic() function returns TRUE if the terminal has insert/delete character capability and FALSE otherwise. The has_il() function returns TRUE if the terminal has insert/delete line capability and FALSE otherwise. ERRORS
None. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 has_ic(3XCURSES)
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