Hi ,
I do the following :
]echo "Do you want to say yes or no ?(y/n):\c"
read ans
here 'n' is the default value.that means if the user press ENTER key then it should be 'n' .
Now how do i know that the user has pressed ENTER key.What will be stored in my variable 'ans'. (4 Replies)
without pressing the enter key ..manually...
how can we read the enter key ..from the shell script..so that the script termintes automatically.
eg:
telnet a.b.c.d xxxx
now " how to read the enter key" tho terminate the script (1 Reply)
Hello All,
i have a script to get input from the user like bellow,
read -p "Do you want to continue (y/n) : " status
i want to identify the pressing of Enter Key with out giving any value for the above statement and i want get the status if we press Enter key during run time.
How to... (0 Replies)
Hi,
When I run script on Sun Solaris (sassetup), it prompts to "Press Enter To Continue".
Now I want to automate this, ie put sassetup in a script file. So, when I run this file, it should be executed automatically without waiting for anyone to press Enter Key.
I have tried the following... (1 Reply)
My problem is that i have to connect Linux server. I can connect it with SSH but because of the software of the Linux server, i need to press enter and after ctrl+D. Therefore, I need to write a script that should press enter and ctrl+D. How can i write it in KSH shell script. HELP ME! (7 Replies)
Hi Experts,
I have a script in which I want to disable the "Enter" key press. Actually my script executes some process in background. So, till that background process is running, I don't want "Enter" key to be pressed by user. Is this can be achieved using trap command? (6 Replies)
Hello everybody,
I am coding a script, that allow the user to enter some information using prompt messages, i.e:
sEpisode=1
read -e -i "$sEpisode" -p "Start download from episode: " downloadFrom
sEpisode="${downloadFrom:-$sEpisode}"
This code allows the user to set the download from... (4 Replies)
I have a popup window that appears on every boot up.
I would like to have it dismissed automatically each time instead of having to hit the enter key.
I thought I could write a script that would execute on startup.
I tried this
xdotool key return
andy@7_~/Downloads$ xdotool key ... (7 Replies)
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dpkg-vendor
dpkg-vendor(1) dpkg suite dpkg-vendor(1)NAME
dpkg-vendor - queries information about distribution vendors
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-vendor [option...] command
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in /etc/dpkg/origins. /etc/dpkg/origins/default contains information about
the current vendor.
COMMANDS --is vendor
Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor. Otherwise exits with non-zero.
--derives-from vendor
Exits with 0 if the current vendor distribution is a derivative of vendor, otherwise exits with non-zero. It uses the "Parent" field
to browse all ancestors of the current vendor.
--query field
Print on standard output the value of the vendor-specific field for the current vendor.
--help Show the usage message and exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
OPTIONS --vendor vendor
Assumes the current vendor is vendor instead of discovering it with the DEB_VENDOR environment variable or /etc/dpkg/ori-
gins/default.
ENVIRONMENT
DEB_VENDOR
This setting defines the current vendor. If not set, it will discover the current vendor by reading /etc/dpkg/origins/default.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2009 Raphael Hertzog
This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY.
Debian Project 2009-05-10 dpkg-vendor(1)