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# 8  
Old 11-30-2011
THANK!!!!!
# 9  
Old 11-30-2011
read has -t option too, u can try that also...
Code:
while [ 1 ]
do
read -p "waiting for user to hit ENTER" -t 3 var
echo $var
done

give the appropriate condition to come out of loop...
# 10  
Old 01-24-2012
Can we have something like below?
Code:
echo 'You have selected option $varChoice. Press ENTER to continue or press ESC to choose again...'

Means, the code for ESC and re-enter the choice.
Last edited by saps19; 01-24-2012 at 02:56 AM.. Reason: Req.
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