while read line; do
if [ $cont -eq 5 ]; then
read -p "Press Enter to continue..."
cont=0
fi
echo $line
let cont++
done < file.txt
However, I have read that the read -p would not work in a while loop...
I was wondering if there is any other way to pause the loop to wait for a key to continue..
I have tried putting the 'read -p "text"' in a function and calling it inside the while loop, also doing 'dd count=1 1>/dev/null 2>&1'... But I've had no luck..
Hallo,
i need a Prompting read in my script:
read -p "Enter your command: " command
But i always get this Error:
-p: is not an identifier
When I run these in c-shell i get this error
/usr/bin/read: read: bad option(s)
How can I use a Prompt in the read command? (9 Replies)
Greeting,
The following script completes after reading only one record from the input file that contains many records. I commented out the "ssh" and get what I expect, an echo of all the records in the input.txt file. Is ssh killing the file handle?
On the box "uname -a" gives "SunOS... (2 Replies)
Hello!
Sorry, for my not so perfect english!
I want to stop bash shell script execution until any key is pressed.
This line in a bash shell script
read -n1 -r -p "Press any key to continue..." key
produces this error
When I run this from the command line
usera@lynx:~$ read... (4 Replies)
Hi.
I have a copy-file script (and a move-file script) that I recently tried to make interactive. I tested the former on three files from a text list, and watched to see what would happen. As the cp command was in a while/do/done loop, there was no pause for input: it wrote the file from the... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a string like this,
char str ="This, a sample string.\\nThis is the second line, \\n \\n, we will have one blank line";
if I want to use strtok() to seperate the string, which token should I use?
I tried "\n", "\\n", either not working.
peter (1 Reply)
Hi ,
I am trying to read a list of hosts from a config file and trying to get file list from that host. For this I have used one while loop.
cat "$ARCHIVE_CFG_FILE" | sed '/^$/d' | sed '/^#/d' | while read ARCHIVE_CFG
do
SOURCE_SERVER_NAME=`echo "$ARCHIVE_CFG" | awk -F '|' '{ print... (2 Replies)
How to use "mailx" command to do e-mail reading the input file containing email address, where column 1 has name and column 2 containing “To” e-mail address
and column 3 contains “cc” e-mail address to include with same email.
Sample input file, email.txt
Below is an sample code where... (2 Replies)
Hi everybody,
I am new at Unix/Bourne shell scripting and with my youngest experiences, I will not become very old with it :o
My code:
#!/bin/sh
set -e
set -u
export IFS=
optl="Optl"
LOCSTORCLI="/opt/lsi/storcli/storcli"
($LOCSTORCLI /c0 /vall show | grep RAID | cut -d " "... (5 Replies)
Hello.
System : opensuse leap 42.3
I have a bash script that build a text file.
I would like the last command doing :
print_cmd -o page-left=43 -o page-right=22 -o page-top=28 -o page-bottom=43 -o font=LatinModernMono12:regular:9 some_file.txt
where :
print_cmd ::= some printing... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jcdole
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
line
line(1) General Commands Manual line(1)NAME
line - Reads one line from standard input
SYNOPSIS
line
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
line: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
None
DESCRIPTION
The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command
within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line command always writes at least a newline character.
NOTES
The line utility has no internationalization features and is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5. Use the read utility instead.
EXIT STATUS
Success. End-of-File.
EXAMPLES
To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter: echo 'Enter comments for the log:' echo ': c' line >>log
This shell procedure displays the message: Enter comments for the log:
It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of the file log. The echo ': c' command displays a : (colon)
prompt. See the echo command for information about the c escape sequence.
SEE ALSO
Commands: echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)
Functions: read(2)
Standards: standards(5)line(1)