Since you specify using bash shell we can flush the input buffer using:
so your script would look like this:
Hi Chubler_XL,
That might work with some versions of bash, but it won't work with 3.2.57 (which comes with the most recent release of macOS Mojave) since the read built-in in that version doesn't have a -N option. The loop you suggest above silently throws away the diagnostic saying there is no -N option and gives no indication that whatever was intended to be done by the while loop didn't do anything. The following read then reads the next available character no matter when it was typed.
Since darwin_866 has told us neither what OS is being used nor which version of bash is being used, we don't have any way to know if what you suggested might work in his/her environment.
I am trying to create a shell (ksh) which has two "read" commands, one which reads a line from a file and another which is inside a loop that reads user input from a keyboard. However, the "read" command inside the loop uses the input from the file and it does not get the user input from keyboard.... (3 Replies)
Hello all,
How can i have a user input that reads like this:
echo -n "Please enter a & b:" 10 20
read a
read b
echo $a
echo $b
10
20
right now i have divided it into two echos, like
echo -n "a: "
echo -n "b: " (1 Reply)
I'm trying to set up a script that takes user input and validates that the user input was entered correctly.
So far I have this:
while :
do
echo "Please enter your name."
read NAME
if
then
echo "You have not entered a name."
echo... (13 Replies)
If I want all user input to start with " : " if not display error
or what I asking is how to do if statement that control a first letter of string that we want to start with. and not worry about the rest
Thank (1 Reply)
Hi,
echo "Enter file name of input file list along with absolute path : "
read inputFileList
if
then
for string in `cat inputFileList`
do
echo $string
done
else
echo " file does not exist"
fi
From the above code, if the user enters a invalid file... (1 Reply)
i have a script which takes input from user, if user gives either Y/y then it should continue, else it should quit by displaying user cancelled.
#!/bin/sh
echo " Enter your choice to continue y/Y OR n/N to quit "
read A
if
then
echo " user requested to continue "
##some commands... (7 Replies)
$Input_filename=$ARGV;
if (!-d $Input_filename && ! -e $Input_filename)
{
print "USAGE: Please enter '$ABCD/def/dsed.txt' as an arguement \n";
exit;
}
1. Input Is suppose to be something like "$ABCD/def/dsed.txt".
if the input is wrong the script should throw an ERROR message.... (2 Replies)
Why does removing "rhgb quiet" from the kernel boot parameters control whether or not the commands I enter are displayed in single user mode ?
For instance, if I do not remove "rhgb quiet", when I am in single user mode, whatever command I type will not be displayed on the screen.
The... (0 Replies)
I am trying to allow a user to enter in text and then store that text in a variable $gene to run in an awk command in which those values are used to run some calculations. I am getting syntax errors however, when I try. Thank you :).
The awk runs great if it is a pre-defined file that is used,... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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apsfilter-bug
APSFILTER-BUG(1) BSD General Commands Manual APSFILTER-BUG(1)NAME
apsfilter-bug -- create a half-automatic bug report for apsfilter
SYNOPSIS
apsfilter-bug
OPTIONS
none
DESCRIPTION
With the apsfilter-bug script you can automatically create a bug report for apsfilter(1). A template report file is created which you can
edit with your favourite editor ( emacs(1) by default, or whatever is entered in the environment variable EDITOR ).
You will see a couple of lines starting with '#'; these lines will be removed before the report is sent. So if you want to use the '#' char-
acter at the beginning of a line, just indent it with a space.
A very important piece of the bug report is the debugging log created by aps2file(1), probably with a command like
aps2file -D -o /dev/null [-P...] [-Z...] [input] 2> log.txt
Unless you don't even have a chance to create a debugging log, it is crucial for serious bug hunting.
After you have filled in as much (useful) information as possible, you must save the file under its original name, then exit your editor.
If you invoked apsfilter-bug by accident, or if you need some additional system information to include into the bug report, just exit your
editor without saving the file.
NOTES
In addition to the stuff you've edited, some more information is appended to the bug report automatically:
apsfilter version 7.2.6-stable
ghostscript version (from 'gs --version')
system id (from 'uname -a')
configure options --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-awk=/usr/bin/awk --with-sendmail=/usr/sbin/sendmail
shell executable /bin/bash
awk executable /usr/bin/awk
sendmail executable /usr/sbin/sendmail
FILES
/usr/bin/aps2file script to create debugging output
SEE ALSO apsfilter(1), aps2file(1)BUGS
See apsfilter software center - http://www.apsfilter.org/ - for new versions, bugfixes and known bugs.
Please use the new tool apsfilter-bug(1) to release bug- or problem reports. It automatically presents you a form in an editor window which
asks you some standard questions. If you save and quit the editor session, then this report is sent automatically via e-mail to the proper
apsfilter mailinglist.
If apsfilter fails to print something or prints it in a way you wouldn't expect and you want to report an apsfilter error then please save
the debugging output of one print session using the new aps2file(1) utility by typing aps2file -D -Z options file > /dev/null 2> file.debug
and including the debugging output in the file file.debug into the edit session of the apsfilter-bug utility, so that it is included into the
mail to the apsfilter mailinglist.
Please note that you need to run /bin/sh (Bourne Shell), bash or a compatible shell, so that the above mentioned output redirection works.
Under C-shell (/bin/csh) or tcsh it would't work. If you don't know, then simply make sure you use the Bournce shell by typing /bin/sh or
bash, then you should have no problems with redirection of stdout and stderr (> /dev/null 2> file.debug).
DOCUMENTATION
See official apsfilter homepage
http://www.apsfilter.org/handbook.html Apsfilter Handbook including the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
USER FORUM
Please send questions to the official apsfilter help channel apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org. The above section BUGS and the file
HOWTO-BUGREPORTS tells you how to report bugs. If you want to know how to troubleshoot your apsfilter installation, please read the manpage
aps2file(1) and apsfilter-bug(1) as well as the Apsfilter Handbook carefully.
HISTORY
The apsfilter-bug manpage has been written by Michael LoBin <phallobst@web.de> and first appeared in apsfilter V 7.1.0.
BSD Dec 26, 2001 BSD